FRENCH ATTACK
- ON NON-STOP FLIGHT RECORD
(United Press Association— By Electric Telegraph—Copyright)
LONDON, 10th February. A Marseilles message states that Bossoutrot and Rossi left Istres at 7.48 p.m. in an attempt to break Squadron Leader Gayford’s distance record by a non-stop flight to Buenos Aires, including a trans-Atlantic hop via Mollison’s route. The machine is christened Jospeh le Brix. It weighs ten tons, and has a 500 horsepower enginesBossoutrot and Rossi are the holders of the world record of 0587 miles in a closed circuit.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 11 February 1933, Page 7
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