RECORD NON-STOP FLIGHT
Paris to bundar abbas in" one dat. ■;...:.■•.;■; (Received 2nd September, 2 .p.m.) - PARIS, Ist September.' Lieutenant Chclles and Captain "Wetzer made a non-stop flight from' 'Paris to Bundar Abbas, a world's records.!-,,. The distance is about 3500 miles. The previous best was by Captain. Arrachafc and his brother on 27th June. .They; flew on the same route, but; had,to come down at Basra, on tho Persian Gulf, after flying 2714 miles in' 264 hours. They had fuel for another I' 4 hours' flying, but were physically "eJS£ hausted themselves.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 55, 2 September 1926, Page 10
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92RECORD NON-STOP FLIGHT Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 55, 2 September 1926, Page 10
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