ATLANTIC TO PACIFIC.
AIR MAIL TAKES ONLY 26i HOURS.
VANCOUVER, Aug, 25. AH records for flights across tho United States wero broken when pilot Smith, of tho air mail service, landod this morning on tho completion of a relay flififhfc from San Eranoisco to Now York in 26 hows 14 minutes, The l3est i previous record wns that of Lieutenants Kelly and Maoroady, of the Array Air Force, In their rccenp non-stop flight from .New York to §an They did the distance in Z'< hours 50 minutes,
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 806, 8 September 1923, Page 11
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87ATLANTIC TO PACIFIC. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 806, 8 September 1923, Page 11
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