ITALY REGAINS RECORD
LONG NON-STOP FLIGHT ■ ■ ,U OVER THREE THOUSAND MILES Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright ~ROME, July 17. (Received July 18, at 11 a.m.) Flying a seaplane from Monfalcona (Italy) to Berbera (British Somaliland), 3,104 miles, in 25 hours nonstop, Stoppani regained the world’t long-distance record from the Croix du Sud. •• -
[A message received on June 23 stated: The four-engined flying boat Croix du Sud landed at Zizinshor (Senegal) after a flight from Cherbourg, a distance of 2,812 miles. Subject to official confirmation, this will give France the world’s distance records , for land and sea. planes. Th* Croix du Sud 2 which has crossed the Atlantic four times, descended 250 miles short of its objective (Konakri), though it flew a sufficient distance to beat th# Italian record of 2,567 miles.]
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Evening Star, Issue 22084, 18 July 1935, Page 9
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