Word: lebrix
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Costes v. LeBrix. Last week Dieudonné Costes and Joseph LeBrix, onetime friends who became grumpy enemies while flying around the world together (TIME, Oct. 24, 1927), started to fly from Paris to France's Indo-China. Their flights were separate and bitterly competitive?for the glory of first covering the distance in five days...
Capt. Francisco Jiminez-with Capt. Ignacio Iglesias, from Spain towards India. After 27 hours flying a sandstorm forced them down in Mesopotamia. Germany: Capt. Herman Koehl-in the Bremen from Ireland to Labrador. France: Capt. Dieudonné Costés-with Lieut. Commander Joseph Lebrix, on a 35,000-mile world aerial tour. Italy: Capt. Ferrarin. In Latin America the best flyers were: Venezuela, Capt. Manuel Rios, Ecuador, Capt. Luis Mantilla; Bolivia, Major Santalla Estrella...
Last week, New York city balanced its bank account, discovered it had spent $243,430 since January, 1926, for welcomes to Distinguished Guests. Expensive guests: Lindbergh, Byrd, Chamberlin, $110,000; Koehl, Fitzmaurice, von Huene-feld, $60,000; Costes, Lebrix, $15,000. Official Welcomer Grover Whalen wrote Mayor Walker, diffidently: "It would seem opportune ... to raise the question as to how far ... the city should go." Recklessly, New York went ahead with plans to welcome "Lady Lindy," Pilot Stultz, Mechanic Gordon...
...delayed joint resolution giving a special gold medal to Colonel Lindbergh; after stormy argument, ordered a similar medal struck for Explorer Lincoln Ellsworth; passed a bill awarding the Distinguished Flying Cross to the crew of the Bremen, to Commander de Pinedo of Italy and Lieutenant Costes and Lieut.-Commander Lebrix of France...
Shortly, Heroes Costes and Lebrix proceeded to thank M. Painleve by going down into his constituency and electioneering for him. In vain they were charged by his opponents with debasing, if not prostituting, their heroism to politics. True heroes, they stuck to their electioneering. Further, they revealed that on the last stages of their flight they were so reduced in funds that they skimped on food in order to buy gasoline, and hastened home in order to avoid begging for meals...