Word: natale
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...reconnoitering, day & night bombardment; given the Legion of Honor after his sixth plane victory; made an officer of the Legion and voted the U. S. Distinguished Flying Cross (with Joseph Lebrix) in 1928 for a globe-circling adventure which took them from Paris to St. Louis (Africa), to Port Natal (Brazil), all over South America, thence to New Orleans, Washington, San Francisco, then by boat to Tokyo, by air to China, Indo-China, Calcutta, Karachi, Aleppo, Syria, Athens, Marseilles and home to Paris. On his recent flight home from Tsitsihar with Bellonte, Costes went by way of French Indo-China...
...Notes, under the aegis of the established monthly Musical Digest. Ubiquitous Pierre Key, wide-acquaintanced Editor of the monthly, was revealed as Editor of the weekly too. Chatty in tone. Top Notes aimed to be informative; it carried news and comment on musical affairs, radio, musical comedy. Pre-natal influence noted: The New Yorker, Manhattan smartchart...
...German-subsidized Luft Hansa, strongest aviation concern of Middle Europe if not of all Europe. Condor does a good mail and passenger service between Asuncion, Para guay, Buenos Aires and Para, Brazil. Competing is Aeropostale, French-subsidized. Its main purpose is to rush mail from Buenos Aires to Natal, Brazil, whence fast ships rush the sacks across the Atlantic to Dakar, Senegal, for retransfer to France-bound planes...
Late in 1927 the two men, eager and friendly, flew across the South Atlantic to Port Natal, Brazil. Thence they hopped about South America. There were official receptions, accolades, photographs. It was noticeable how they jostled each other to get into the front of the pictures...
...most significant flyers of 1928. It was a specialists' tribute to specialists. The names form an epitome of air adventure. Capt. Arturo Ferrarin of Italy, his fel lows believe, accomplished the best feat of the year. With Major Carlo Delprete, he flew non-stop from Rome to Port Natal, Brazil, 4,417 miles in 51 hr. 59 min. Capt. Ferrarin's predecessor, in 1927, was of course Col. Charles Augustus Lindbergh - New York-Paris, 3,600 miles, 33 hr. 30 min., all alone...