Le Bourget From Above
Just a little more than 90 years ago, a young airmail pilot from the United States had a view of Le Bourget Airport similar to this one.
A view of Le Bourget Airport, with the Eiffel Tower in the distance, at the Paris Air Show 2017. (Photo: David McIntosh)

Just a little more than 90 years ago, a young airmail pilot from the United States had a view of Le Bourget Airport similar to this one. It was dark at the time, so Paris lived up to its nickname β€œCity of Lights.” And the vision of the Eiffel Tower was is as welcome today as it was for Charles Lindbergh on that momentous night back in 1927.