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Word: gonin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...field, smashed its landing gear. There was an ear-splitting explosion, followed by the crackle of flames. From each side of the plane leaped two burning figures. They rolled in the wheat, saving their lives. Thus, ended the brief flight of Capt. Georges Pelletier Doisy and his navigator, M. Gonin, who had set out to break, by flying 4,400 miles from Paris to India, the world's non-stop record (held by Flyers Chamberlin and Levine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Flights & Flyers: Jun. 27, 1927 | 6/27/1927 | See Source »

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