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19 unusual facts about Le Bourget


Bernard 80 GR

After the successful record flight of March 1931 described below, the aircraft returned to the factory at Bourget to be modified for further record attempts.

Bréguet Br 901 Mouette

Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace, Le Bourget, 901; F-CAJA the first prototype and 1954 World Championship winner.

Darrell Cornell

His display performances flying the F-20 in Paris, France (Le Bourget 1983) and Farnborough, England in 1984 are remembered by many as some of the finest ever performed at these airshows.

Dewoitine D.332

On the return flight when only 400 km (250 mi) from its destination, Le Bourget airport, Emeraude struck a hill near Corbigny in a violent snowstorm and was destroyed.

Du Bousquet locomotive

They constructed 48 units, classified as 031+130TA, which were painted chocolate brown like all the Nord's compounds and assigned to the Le Bourget and Hirson depots.

Focke-Wulf Fw 190

Otto Behrens, was based at the Luftwaffe's central Erprobungsstelle facility at Rechlin, but it was soon moved to Le Bourget.

Grands Express Aériens

On 7 April 1922, Goliath F-GEAD, flying from Le Bourget to London Croydon was lost in the first-ever midair collision of airliners.

Hispano-Suiza 18R

One Hispano-Suiza 18Sbr engine is preserved at the Musée de l’Air et de l’Espace (Air & Space Museum), Le Bourget, France.

International flight

The first regular international service in the world was covered by the British Aircraft Transport and Travel, from Hounslow Heath Aerodrome to Le Bourget.

Musée de l'Air

On May 8, 1927, the aircraft took off from Le Bourget, jettisoned its main landing gear (which is stored at the museum), which it was designed to do as part of its trans-Atlantic flight profile, but then disappeared over the Atlantic.

The Musée de l'air et de l'espace, (English: Aerospace Museum), is a French aerospace museum, located at the south-eastern edge of Le Bourget Airport, north of Paris, and in the commune of Le Bourget.

Nayef bin Sultan Al Shaalan

In 1999, a plane piloted by a Skyway International crew was blocked by the French police in the Paris airport of Le Bourget.

Nord 1500 Griffon

A preserved Nord 1500-02 Griffon II aircraft is on display in the French Air and Space Museum, at Le Bourget, near Paris.

SEA IV

These C2s were used for a number of years by several escadrilles in the "Regiments d'Aviation" at Le Bourget.

Siegfried Karfunkelstein

Siegfried Karfunkelstein was a German soldier; born at Beuthen, Silesia, 21 February 1848; died on the field of battle at Le Bourget 30 October, 1870.

SMA SR305-230

Between 17 and 25 July 2006 a converted Cessna 182 (registration F-GJET) flew from Le Bourget to Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

SNECMA Atar Volant

The second in the series had much success at an international air display in Le Bourget, in Paris, and the third became a full-scale coleopter in its own right, due to numerous improvements and alterations made to the model.

Soyuz-2-1v

Russia exhibited a model of the Soyuz-2-1v during the 2011 Paris Air Show at Le Bourget.

Westland Limousine

Both the first and second aircraft were used from September 1920 for two months on an experimental express air mail service between Croydon and Le Bourget.