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Arc Flight 93 Years After

1919 Audacity of an aviator

 

The Arch de Triomphe

On August 1919, an aviator, the regimental sergeant major Charles Godefroy, flew under the 14.6 meters of the "Arc de Triomphe" vault. It was then a question of protesting against the insufficient place granted to aviation at the time of the large procession of July 14, 1919 Victory.

 

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Uploaded on April 25, 2012
Taken on April 25, 2012