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On This Day: Attempting to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight from Paris to New... (1927)

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On May 8, 1927: Attempting to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight from Paris to New York, French war heroes Charles Nungesser and François Coli disappear after taking off aboard The White Bird biplane....

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