St. Levis, Aug. 17.
Shattering by over 84 hours the record for sustained flight established by the Hunter brothers at El jeago last month, the airmen Dale Jackson and Forest O'Brien landed here to-day after having been in the air for 647 hr., 28 min. 30 sec. (28 days, 23 hr., 28 min, 30 2ec.).
'The fight was made in the acroplane "Greater St. Louis" which, on August 13, when the Hunter brothers' record was beaten, had flown 33,000 miles, used 5,000' gallons of petrol and had been refuelled in the Jair 125 times, The "Greater St Louis" is equipped with a 175-HI'. engine.
The flyers came down owing to their engine misfiring and losing They thought this due to a cracked jerank-case, but a cursory inspection after landing failed to reveal the cause of the trouble.
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