two American airmen, took off from here today on a baby plane in an attempt to break the world's endurance record of 218 hours.
The plane will be refuelled every five hours by means of tins of gasoline which will be picked up from a truck it motion on the ground in the various airports over which the plane will fly in its circuit The two airmen will take turns in piloting the small horsepower craft—Havas.
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