What is claimed to be by far the longest flight in a helicopter was made in Germany by Flight Captain Hanna Reitsch. the well-known woman pilot who flew the Focke helicopter F.W 6 non-stop from Stendal to Berlin, a distance of 65 miles. The machine’s previous best flight had been over a distance of 10 miles.
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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22317, 3 February 1938, Page 10
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