A researcher has spent decades trying to unravel the mystery of a 95-year-old missing plane

Pilots Francois Coli and Charles Nungesser disappeared along with the L’Oiseau Blanc — the White Bird — in 1927 attempting the first non-stop transatlantic flight. (The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery)

The disappearance of the L’Oiseau Blanc — the White Bird — in 1927 has left historians and aviation enthusiasts stumped. One man in Oxford, Penn., has spent the last 40 years trying to uncover the mystery. 

The large French biplane, along with its pilots Charles Nungesser and Francois Coli, disappeared during an attempt to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight between Paris and New York City, and to win the $25,000 Ortieg Prize.

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