The Archive · 1938

Off for Buenos Aires Langley Field, Ya., Feb. 15

Six U.S. Army flying fortresses took off to-day for the Army's most ambitious air adventure a 6000-mile mass flight to Buenos Aires.

With fifty men taking part the flight will be the most spectacular ever attempted between' the United States and a foreign country. The six giant planes headed for Miami on the first leg of their journey. They were accompanied by a seventh flying fortress which will be used if one of the other planes is unable to take off from Miami The weather was favourable wh they left—United Press.

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