Item # 641366
THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 3, 1928
* Airplane endurance record flight
* Arturo Ferrarin & Carlo del Prete
* Italian aviators World distance record
The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Italian Fliers Set a New Endurance Record; Stinson Felicitates Them on 58 1/2 Hour Flight" (see)
Other news of the day. Complete 1st section only with all 26 pages, rag edition, irregular along the spine, otherwise very nice condition.
wikipedia notes: Italian aviators Arturo Ferrarin and Carlo del Prete complete a nonstop flight in the Savoia-Marchetti S.64 begun on May 31 during which they have made 51 round trips between Torre Flavia (in Ladispoli) and Anzio. The flight breaks three world records, setting a new world nonstop distance record over a closed circuit of 7,666 kilometers (4,791 miles), a new world endurance record of 58 hours 34 minutes, and a new world record for average speed over a distance of 5,000 kilometers (3,110 miles) of 139 km/h (87 mph).
June 03, 1928
THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 3, 1928
* Airplane endurance record flight
* Arturo Ferrarin & Carlo del Prete
* Italian aviators World distance record
The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Italian Fliers Set a New Endurance Record; Stinson Felicitates Them on 58 1/2 Hour Flight" (see)
Other news of the day. Complete 1st section only with all 26 pages, rag edition, irregular along the spine, otherwise very nice condition.
wikipedia notes: Italian aviators Arturo Ferrarin and Carlo del Prete complete a nonstop flight in the Savoia-Marchetti S.64 begun on May 31 during which they have made 51 round trips between Torre Flavia (in Ladispoli) and Anzio. The flight breaks three world records, setting a new world nonstop distance record over a closed circuit of 7,666 kilometers (4,791 miles), a new world endurance record of 58 hours 34 minutes, and a new world record for average speed over a distance of 5,000 kilometers (3,110 miles) of 139 km/h (87 mph).
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