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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.
View also photo 3170A and the History Brief
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