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"À l'honneur de ceux qui tentèrent et de celui qui accomplit". (Translation: In honor of those who tried, and the one who succeeded.) Monument erected in honnor of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Nungesser" class="extiw" title="en:Charles Nungesser">en:Charles Nungesser</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Coli" class="extiw" title="en:François Coli">en:François Coli</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lindbergh" class="extiw" title="en:Charles Lindbergh">en:Charles Lindbergh</a>.

Statue at the entrance to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris%E2%80%93Le_Bourget_Airport" class="extiw" title="en:Paris–Le Bourget Airport">Le Bourget Airport near Paris</a>, honoring Charles Nungesser and François Coli, who attempted to fly across the Atlantic aboard <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_White_Bird" class="extiw" title="w:The White Bird">The White Bird</a> (L'Oiseau Blanc), and disappeared without a trace, and Charles Lindbergh who made successfully the same feat two weeks later.

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current01:37, 6 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 01:37, 6 January 20172,532 × 2,922 (5.76 MB)127.0.0.1 (talk)<p>"À l'honneur de ceux qui tentèrent et de celui qui accomplit". (<i>Translation</i>: In honor of those who tried, and the one who succeeded.) Monument erected in honnor of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Nungesser" class="extiw" title="en:Charles Nungesser">en:Charles Nungesser</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Coli" class="extiw" title="en:François Coli">en:François Coli</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lindbergh" class="extiw" title="en:Charles Lindbergh">en:Charles Lindbergh</a>. </p> <p>Statue at the entrance to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris%E2%80%93Le_Bourget_Airport" class="extiw" title="en:Paris–Le Bourget Airport">Le Bourget Airport near Paris</a>, honoring Charles Nungesser and François Coli, who attempted to fly across the Atlantic aboard <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_White_Bird" class="extiw" title="w:The White Bird">The White Bird</a></i> (<i>L'Oiseau Blanc</i>), and disappeared without a trace, and Charles Lindbergh who made successfully the same feat two weeks later. </p>
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