The Archive · 1929

New Long Distance Flight Records

Fine Performance by French Aviators A

Marseilles, Dee, 17, In connection with the new non= stop flight record set up by Captain Costes and Lieutenant Codos, the Jairmen flew in a closed circuit between Narbonne and Avignon, and landed at the Istres acrodrome, They covered 5,060 miles in 54 hr. 40 min, and there was still much petrol in the tanks, despite a violent, mistral storm raging in the latter part of tholy flight, France now holds two world's major air records, both standing to the credit of Captain Costes Reuter.

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