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Anonymous commented at 2019-08-07 19:40:12 » #2419800
The emblem on the Nieuport 17 in the foreground is that of Charles Nungesser; a renowned French Ace pilot, ranking third highest in the country with 43 air combat victories during World War I.
Later on, after the war, he became viewed and remembered as a fierce rival of Charles Lindbergh in the desire to win the Orteig Prize; to fly non-stop from New York City to Paris or vice versa.
Nungesser mysteriously disappeared in an attempt, this one from Paris to New York; flying with wartime comrade François Coli in "L'Oiseau Blanc" ("The White Bird"); bearing the same emblem shown in this illustration. Their aircraft took off from Paris on 8 May 1927, was sighted once more over Ireland, and then was never seen again.
Two weeks after Nungesser and Coli's attempt, Charles Lindbergh successfully made the journey, flying solo from New York to Paris in "Spirit of St. Louis".
The disappearance of both Nungesser and Coli is considered one of the great mysteries in the history of aviation, with modern speculation that the aircraft was either lost over the Atlantic or crashed in Newfoundland or Maine.
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The emblem on the Nieuport 17 in the foreground is that of Charles Nungesser; a renowned French Ace pilot, ranking third highest in the country with 43 air combat victories during World War I.
Later on, after the war, he became viewed and remembered as a fierce rival of Charles Lindbergh in the desire to win the Orteig Prize; to fly non-stop from New York City to Paris or vice versa.
Nungesser mysteriously disappeared in an attempt, this one from Paris to New York; flying with wartime comrade François Coli in "L'Oiseau Blanc" ("The White Bird"); bearing the same emblem shown in this illustration. Their aircraft took off from Paris on 8 May 1927, was sighted once more over Ireland, and then was never seen again.
Two weeks after Nungesser and Coli's attempt, Charles Lindbergh successfully made the journey, flying solo from New York to Paris in "Spirit of St. Louis".
The disappearance of both Nungesser and Coli is considered one of the great mysteries in the history of aviation, with modern speculation that the aircraft was either lost over the Atlantic or crashed in Newfoundland or Maine.
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How_did_I_end_here commented at 2024-01-20 15:03:47 » #2859752
Dude typing nieuport 17 was a manifestation of pure Optimism and curiosity, I wouldn't think that at this kind of sites I will find the WWI french fighter! How come there is no stuka 87 but there is nieuport? This was the best fighter of the great war, Germans tried to make better aircraft and that's how Siemens schuckert D.I was created, but no plane was able to outmaneuver the nieuport 17. Unfortunately, nieuport company had fallen in 30's.
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Dude typing nieuport 17 was a manifestation of pure Optimism and curiosity, I wouldn't think that at this kind of sites I will find the WWI french fighter! How come there is no stuka 87 but there is nieuport? This was the best fighter of the great war, Germans tried to make better aircraft and that's how Siemens schuckert D.I was created, but no plane was able to outmaneuver the nieuport 17. Unfortunately, nieuport company had fallen in 30's.
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