NON-STOP RECORD.
French Aviators Attempt Long Flight. JAPAN THEIR GOAL. (Australian and N.Z. Press Association.) (Beccived 11 a.m.) PARIS, September 27. Costes and Belleconte left Le Bourget in an attempt to break the record for a non-stop flight. Their machine has a 600 horse-power engine and a capacity of 1200 gallons of petrol. They hope to be aloft for 50 hours, and in that time to cover 5500 miles in the direction of Japan.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 230, 28 September 1929, Page 9
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74NON-STOP RECORD. Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 230, 28 September 1929, Page 9
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