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Mermoz: 70 Years Ago This Year  
User currently offlineAmerican 767 From United States of America, joined May 1999, 3322 posts, RR: 14
Posted (10 years 2 months 2 weeks 3 hours ago) and read 1242 times:

Does anyone know l'Arc-en-ciel? It was an three-engine aircraft designed in the early 30's by French engineer René Couzinet with his pilot friend Jean Mermoz. Mermoz flew the aircraft in 1933 from Paris Le Bourget to Senegal (Africa) before commencing his South Atlantic crossing to Brazil. The overwater flight took him 14 or 15 hours. He pursued his trip further down to Argentina before returing to Africa. While navigating overwater on his way back to Africa, he experienced an engine failure at about 500NM before reaching destination but he completed his trip successfully.

Ben Soriano
Brussels Belgium



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