Founding L-Birds of Norway

The organization was founded April 2019, initially to support the participation in the event L-Birds back to Normandy, June 2019. Having an organization made it possible to seek sponsorship as well as assisting each other in the planning process.

After L-Birds to Normandy, we intend to expand the organization to include other L-Birds in Norway, apart from the three aircraft going to Normandy. They are all 1944 Piper L-4J "Grasshoppers": LN-SAI, LN-RAP and LN-MAV.



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"L-Birds back to Normandy"

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