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...from Hour-Havenne, Belgium one dawn last week rose Stratonauts Max Cosyns and Neere van der Elst, soared nearly ten miles, broke no records, obtained scientific data, sent out an SOS when their wireless developed defects, scared half the world into thinking they were dead, drifted 1,100 mi. in 14 hr. across five countries, landed safe & sound at Zinovlje, Jugoslavia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aeronautics: Up, Drift, Down | 8/27/1934 | See Source »

...Married. Allison C. Roebling, great-granddaughter of Brooklyn bridgebuilder John A. Roebling; to Joseph van der Elst, second secretary of the Belgian Embassy; in Washington, D. C. Princess Ida Cantacuzene was a bridal attendant. The best man was Count de Buisseret, grandson of the late U. S. General John C. Story...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Feb. 28, 1927 | 2/28/1927 | See Source »

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