AIRMEN'S RECORD FLIGHT
MORE THAN A WEEK ALOFT Austialiau PreM Assodtitlon FORT WORTH, 36th May fhe monoplane Fort Worth landed at 4.07 p.m. central standard time after an endurance flight of moro than a week. A crowd of 20,000 people ruahcd the-iop<sg and special guards to greet Pilot Bobbins and his assistant Kelly The lattor was greeted by his wife and five-year-old son. The pilots rode to considerable fortune as well as fame. In addition to contributions of nearly £4000, they have offers of newspaper, magazine articles, pictures and vaudeville tours. Thwr motor is still perfect, the prbI peller being the only part of the 'plane damaged, long cracks showing the severity of the hailstorm.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 122, 28 May 1929, Page 9
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115AIRMEN'S RECORD FLIGHT Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 122, 28 May 1929, Page 9
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