White bird
Non profit association researching the remains of the French aviators Charles Nungesser and Francois Coli, who crossed the Atlantic with their aircraft "L'Oiseau Blanc" (The White Bird), in May 1927, 15 days before Lindbergh
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New organisation for communications:
Angele Decre, Art Director, is joining the team to manage this blog and the visual identity. Patricia Lamy, Arc En Ciel Communication, stays in charge of Press Relations. contacts : Angèle Decré :…
The learnings of June 2012 campaign
We are leaving Saint Pierre with great faith in the future: we have made tremendous progress. First campaign in 2009: we had the help of the GPDA (French Navy) divers and a sonar. In 10 days of work,…
Update, June 20th 2012
We arrived in the French territory of Saint Pierre & Miquelon, South of Newfoundland, on June 10th and installed all our new material on our boat, the "Zephyr". We started with the search for the…
Press conference at Aero-Club de France on April 12th
Bernard Decre and his team have the pleasure to announce that a Press Conference, giving all details of the next research campaign (scheduled June 10th to 30th) will take place at the Aero-Club de…
Preparation of June 2012 campaign!
The success of an expedition is very much a matter of preparation! Bernard Decre, President of the association “A la Recherche de l’Oiseau Blanc” (The search for White Bird), Nungesser & Coli…
L'Oiseau Blanc makes an official debut in Aviation History
This last Friday, February 2012, during the annual diner of the Aero-Club de France, Bernard Decré, President of the NGO " « A la Recherche de l’Oiseau Blanc », - The search for White Bird - has…
Happy new year ahead!
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL! We would like to thank you all: our partners, our members, the Press, public and private administrations who have been helping us for the last 4 years. 2012…
A meeting with the French Minister of Culture!
Just before leaving Saint Pierre, we have found a document, published in the Parish bulletin in May-June 1927, which mentions that the noise of an aircraft engine might have been heard at Swift…
3rd research campaign for l'Oiseau Blanc - new pictures.
Bernard is now in Saint Peter, here is some news. Pierre Lenormand, Chief of logistics, and I, have 3 objectives: Consult the Parish 1927 and 28 information bulletins to find new evidences, as the…
Preparation of next campaign
Pierre Lenormand and I are in Saint Pierre for about 10 days, in order to prepare the next session of research. The weather does not help: Continuous fog since the beginning of May. We are…