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Text on reverse of photo: Remarks on reverse of photo: WIDE WORLD PHOTO: PLEASE WATCH CREDIT 916727 H-8/30/39 (s) PLANE IN WHICH FLIER SEEKS EAST-WEST RECORD NEW YORK, New York. - Arthur Bussy of Royersford, Pennsylvania, is shown in his tri-motored low wing Bellanca monoplane. Just before taking off from Floyd Bennet Field this morning for a non-stop flight to Burbank, California, in an effort to break the East-West record of 10 hours, 2 minutes, 55.7 seconds, made a year ago by Alexander P. de Seversky. Bussy's plane has a top speed of 290 mph (467 kmh), considerably lower than the speed of the new Army bombers and not much above that of some commercial transports.
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