AIRSHIP'S CONTINUOUS FLIGHT
WORLD RECORD CLAIMED
NEW YORK, November 3,
A naval airship landed at Glyiico, Georgia, after establishing a world record for a continuous flight without refuelling. The airship ; which is the largest the navy possesses, left its moorings at Lakehurst, New Jersey, last Sunday and roamed' the Atlantic coast and the Gulf of Mexico for 170 hours 18 minutes. The previous record, 130 hours 27 minutes, was established, by the Russians in 1935.
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Evening Star, Issue 25941, 5 November 1946, Page 4
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75AIRSHIP'S CONTINUOUS FLIGHT Evening Star, Issue 25941, 5 November 1946, Page 4
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