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FLIGHT ACROSS UNITED STATES. ROSCOE TURNER BEATS OWN TIME By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Rec. 6.50 p.m. New York, Sept. 1. In connection with th-- national air races being held at Cleveland Colonel Roscoe Turner to-day bettered his own ■ transcontinental record by 2m. 395. He ■' flew from. Los Angeles to New York, about 2520 miles, in 2h. 2m. 505., halting for fuel three times at Wichita, Kansas, and St. Louis, Cleveland. His average speed was over 250 miles an hour.
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Taranaki Daily News, 3 September 1934, Page 5
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