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From Budapest to Rome for the first congress of transocean flyers, flew Capt. George ("Yurga") Endres in the Lockheed Justice for Hungary which he flew from the U. S. last year. Just before the take-off Capt. Alexander Magyar, his transatlantic flying companion with whom Capt. Endres later quarreled, withdrew from the Rome jaunt. In his place went Capt. Julius Bittay. Arrived over Littorio Airport the plane went into a sideslip, unaccountably crashed. Before the eyes of other famed airmen gathered to greet them, Flyers Endres and Bittay died in flames...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aeronautics: For Hungary | 5/30/1932 | See Source »

Alexander Magyar and George ("Yurga") Endres, New York-Budapest flyers; over the subsequent sale of their plane. Magyar challenged Endres to a duel which was never fought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aeronautics: Flights & Friendships, Jan. 4, 1932 | 1/4/1932 | See Source »

...year ago Emil Szalay, middleaged, plump, walrus-moustached, met George ("Yurga") Endres and Alexander Magyar in the office of the Detroit Hungarian News. Captain Endres, a Wartime flyer of the Austro-Hungarian army, and Captain Magyar (real name: Wilchak), his pupil, wanted to fly from the U. S. to Budapest. The flight would be a great demonstration of protest against the division of Hungarian territory by the Treaty of Trianon after the War. Sausagemaker Szalay (pronounced sah-la-ee) saw his chance. He mortgaged his salami factory for $20,000, turned the money over to Endres & Magyar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aeronautics: For Hungary | 7/27/1931 | See Source »

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