Word: coli
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...fated Sikorsky plane with which they had hoped to win my standing offer of $25,000 for a non-stop flight between New York and Paris (TIME, Aug. 23 et seq.), I revealed that one-legged Pilot Paul Tarascon* and one-eyed Pilot François Coli, Frenchmen, were all but ready to try for my money in a flight from Paris to New York, next fortnight. These two tried to fly over last year but lost their plane in a tree collision during final tests...
...legged Pilot Tarascon, one-eyed Pilot Coli...
Villacoublay, French Government airdrome, saw the completion of a seaplane with a 500-h.p. motor capable, it is said, of flying for 34 hours, and thus fitted for the Paris-New York flight. Two war veterans will fly it: Francis Coli and Paul Tarascon. The latter acquired a wooden leg in pre-War flying and later shot down eleven German planes in battle...