On 20 December 1929, PL.8-02, registered F-AJKP to Cie Generale Aeropostale and based at Dakar, while flown by pilot Henry Delaunay, was badly damaged when it hit a pothole on landing at Istres and not repaired.
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Crowds of people gathered in New York to witness the historic arrival, with tens of thousands of people crowding Battery Park in Manhattan to have a good view of the Statue of Liberty, where the aircraft was scheduled to touch down.
May 8 - Charles Nungesser and François Coli attempted a Paris to New York crossing in a Levasseur PL-8 biplane, ' L'Oiseau Blanc (The White Bird)' but were lost at sea, or possibly crashed in Maine
Louis Levasseur | Levasseur PL.8 | Levasseur PL-8 | Levasseur | Grégory Levasseur |
Thirty PL.14s were purchased to equip the seaplane base at Berre.