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French Aviators Shatter Record
Cover 2,546 Miles in Non-Stop Flight of 40 Hours, Still Up.
By the Associated Press.
CHARTRES, France, August 9.—The French aviators, Drouhin and Landry landed at the airdrome here at 2:42 o’clock this morning, after having covered 4,400 kilometers in 45 hours 11 minutes 59 seconds, creating a new world non-stop record both for duration and distance.
By the Associated Press.
ETAMPES, France, August B.—The French aviators Drouhin and Landry, at 10 o’clock tonight, became holders of the world’s record for a non-stop airplane flight, having covered a distance of 4,100 kilometers (2,546.1 miles).