Paris, Mar. 29.
A solo flight to Saigon, and possibly even further, to Tokyo, will be started tomorrow by the French airman, M. Falbert Denis, if plans are not upset at the last minute.
M. Denis will attempt to break the record for the hop to Saigon in a 220-Caudron Renault Simoun plane. He will make brief stops at Athens, Baghdad, Karachi and Calcutta en route to Saigon. He may then continue with a fast trip to Tokyo.
The present Paris-Saigon record is held by Mile. Maryse Hilsz, French airwoman, who made the flight in 92 hours some time ago. His craft is capable of making a non-stop flight 3,300 kilometres and can carry 725 litres of petrol and 32 litres of Lubricating oil. He made an attempt on the Paris-Tokyo record two years ago, and failed—Havas.
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