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Dates: during 1927-1927
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...radio for bearings, three hours were wasted shooting the sun. With gas left for a half hour's flying they landed after 28 hours and 5 minutes; nearly two hours behind Goebel. Of the Miss Doran and the Golden Eagle no news. They were last sighted passing the Farallon Islands, 30 miles off San Francisco. They struck the water somewhere between the Farallons and the Hawaiians, almost 2,400 miles beyond...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Dole Race | 8/29/1927 | See Source »

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