Paris, Sept. 1.
Captain Coste, with his navigator Bellonte, started at 10.55 this moring upon a trans-Atlantic flight fin the famous Question Mark. The! /Question Mark which has secured several long distance records has! an engine of 650-H.P. capable of speed of 110 miles an hour. The take 35 hours.
Icoste and Bellonte made a succestful flight from Lo Bourget to Ma churia last year—Reuter.
Paris, Sept. 1.
Coste and Bellonte, the two well-known French airmen, hopped off from Lo Bourget aerodrome at 10.50) this morning in an attempt to Jachieve what despite many trani Atlantic flights has hitherto not yet! been accomplished, a non-stop flight from Europe to New York. The plane was taken out to the field shortly before six o'clock in the morning amidst the cheers of a large' crowd which had been waiting all night. The plane carries 5,200 liters; of fuel, giving the plane a flying, radius of 9,000 kilometres whereas the course totals 6,000. The food supply consists of two cold chickens, one bottle of bouillon, some sugar, coffee, bananas, biscuits, chocolate, prunes, several tins of eanned food, ten bottles of mineral-water and several bottles of champagne.
The plane took an initial course towards the south-west coast of Ireland. In view of the favourable weather conditions and winds Coste reckons to reaching New York tomorrow after 35 hours flight /Trans-Ocean Kuo Min,
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