Le Bourget

[ luh boor-zhey; French luh boor-zhe ]

noun

1. a suburb of Paris: former airport, landing site for Charles A. Lindbergh, May 1927.

Example Sentences

At Le Bourget he tried the new Nieuport machine, which was the hope of the fighting airplanes.

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Le Bourget, standing as it did in advance of the line of inundation, was especially liable to a surprise.

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They were waiting for him at Le Bourget, and sent up flares and rockets, long before he got there.

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He flew back to Paris, for tea at Le Bourget, and then motored into the city for a good dinner.

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The end of Le Bourget, towards Paris appears entirely deserted.

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