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Word: burzynski (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Chicago, Lieut.-Commander Thomas G. W. ("Tex") Settle, pilot of the Navy bag and winner of last year's race from Basle, Switzerland, was far in the lead. Then out of the wilds of Quebec, bearded and exhausted, trudged the Polish entrants, Captain Francizek Hynek and Lieut. Zbigniev Burzynski. They had descended about 102 mi. northeast of Rivére Á. Pierre, followed moose paths and bashed through thick forests to Lemieux on the railroad. Their flight was estimated at about 1,050 mi. (The record...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aeronautics: Bennett Balloons | 9/18/1933 | See Source »

Still sailing northwards were: Ward T. Van Orman & Frank A. Trotter (U. S.); Lieut.-Commander Thomas G. W. Settle (last year's winner) & Charles H. Kendall (U. S.) who wirelessed that they were approaching Lake Huron; Philippe Quersin & Martial van Schelle (Belgium); Captain Franciszek Hynek & Lieut. Zbigniew Burzynski (Poland). A steamer sighted an unrecognized balloon over the Straits of Mackinac...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aeronautics: International Races | 9/11/1933 | See Source »

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