RECORD FAR FLIGHT
FRENCH AIRMEN'S FEAT
MILLION FRANCS FOR PRIZE
(Times Cable.) LONDON, August 8. The Trench airmen, Maurice Rossi and Paul Codos, who flew non-stop from New York to Rayak, Syria, will receive the French Air Ministry's prize of a million francs as the first Frenchmen to break'the record. Their time from New York to Paris, averaging 105 miles per hour, may also be a record, beating Lindbergh's time by three minutes. '
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 34, 9 August 1933, Page 7
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