Distance Covered in 17 Hours, 32 Minutes; Trans-Atlantic Service Test Flight Baltimore, Maf. 27.
The giant 41-ton Yankee" Clipper owned by Pan-American Airways took off from here yesterday on what may be the inauguration of regular trans-Atlantic air service.
The flight is the first formal test of the southern Atlantic route preliminary to carrying mail and passengers. The plane reported at 5 p.m. yesterday that it was 400 miles from here and averaging 175 miles per hour.—United Press.
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