FLYING RECORDS
ITALIAN'S NON-STOP TRIP RUSSIAN IN A GLIDER LONDON, Oct. 21 A message from Rome states that an Italian iairman, Mario Stoppani, started from Mount Falcone, in a seaplane and landed in Eritrea, Northern Africa, covering; 2900 miles and exceeding by 500 the previous non-stop straight-line record. A telegram from Moscow states that a pilot named Barusdin, in the course of a four-hours' flight, established a oneseater glider record, looping the loop 227 times.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21938, 23 October 1934, Page 10
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75FLYING RECORDS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21938, 23 October 1934, Page 10
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