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)
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 “City 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.