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Old 29th Jul 2013, 10:49
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You have it Trevor the Bernard 80 G.R.
The long-distance record, over a closed circuit, previously established by Bossoutrot and Rossi, changed hands, the French pilots Paillard and Mermoz having bettered the previous record by 200 miles.
The then new long distance record for a continuous flight over a closed circuit was again established by the French pilots Antoine Paillard and Jean Mermoz.
Flying a new Bernard 80 G.R., a low wing monplane known as the "Tango," equipped with a 650 h.p. water-cooled Hispano-Suiza motor, the airmen took off from the La Senia (Oran) aerodrome, French North Africa, at 6.35 o'clock on the Monday evening. They flew over a closed course, encircling around Oran for 59 hours and 16 minutes at an average speed of 153 kilometres (95 miles) per hour and landed again at Oran at 5.44 o'clock on the Thursday morning, having covered, subject to verification, 9,145 kms. (5,682.7 miles).
The previous record, established by Bossoutrot and Rossi in their Bleriot 110 plane, comprised 8,822 kms. (5,482 miles) which they flew in 75 hours 22 minutes. Paillard and Mermoz thus covered 323 kms. (200 miles) more than the previous record holders and in 16 hours 16 minutes less time.
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