New York, Apr. 2
The aeroplane Angeleno, in w! the American airmen Mendel! and Reinhardt achieved a continuous flight record Inst July, was confiscated to-day by the Mexican Customs officials on the border of Lower California and Mexico.
Mendell, whd was in the plane at the time, was taken into ecstoy gle Japanese into Mexico by acroone. The Angeleno, it was allezbeen used for this purpose.
'Mendell and Reinhardt sprang' into prominenes last year, when they landed at Culver City' on July 12 after having been in. the air for 10 days, Ghr. 44 min, thus comple-rely wiping out the record made a few days previously—seven days, Shr. and 50 _minutes—by the aeroplane City of Cleveland. Their machine was refuelled regularly.
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