Dieudonné Costes: Difference between revisions

On 26 September 1926, he flew 4,100 km (2,546 miles) from Paris to [[Assuan]], with René de Vitrolles, attempting to break a world distance record. He broke the world distance record on 28 October 1926, flying 5,396 km (3,351 miles) from Paris to [[Jask]], [[Persia]], with J. Rignot, as part of a 19,625-km (12,187-mile) Paris-India-Paris flight.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}

On 26 September 1926, he flew 4,100 km (2,546 miles) from Paris to [[Assuan]], with René de Vitrolles, attempting to break a world distance record. He broke the world distance record on 28 October 1926, flying 5,396 km (3,351 miles) from Paris to [[Jask]], [[Persia]], with J. Rignot, as part of a 19,625-km (12,187-mile) Paris-India-Paris flight.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}

Between 10 October 1927 and 14 April 1928, Costes and [[Joseph Le Brix]] flew 57,410&nbsp;km (35,652 miles) around the world, in a [[Breguet 19]]GR named ”[[Charles Nungesser|Nungesser]]-Coli”, from [[Paris]] through [[Argentina]], [[Brazil]], the [[United States]], [[Japan]], [[India]], and [[Greece]], although they travelled across the [[Pacific Ocean]] from [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]], [[California]], to [[Tokyo]], Japan, by ship.<ref>Donald, David, ed., ”The Complete Encyclopedia of World Aircraft”, New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1997, {{ISBN|0-7607-0592-5}}, p. 187.</ref> During the trip, they made the first non-stop aerial crossing of the [[South Atlantic Ocean]] on 14–15 October 1927, flying between [[Saint-Louis, Senegal|Saint-Louis]], [[Senegal]], and [[Natal, Brazil|Natal]], Brazil.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fai.org/news/90-years-ago-first-non-stop-flight-across-south-atlantic-ocean|title=90 years ago: First non-stop flight across South Atlantic Ocean|date=2017-10-13|website=www.fai.org|language=en|access-date=2020-02-09}}</ref> While in [[South America]], they routed themselves through every country in the continent.<ref>{{cite book |title= Conquistadors of the Sky: A History of Aviation in Latin America|page= 217 }}</ref> On 15–17 December 1928, Costes, with [[Paul Codos]], set a world distance record in a closed circuit of 8,029&nbsp;km (4,986 miles).{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}

Between 10 October 1927 and 14 April 1928, Costes and [[Joseph Le Brix]] flew 57,410&nbsp;km (35,652 miles) around the world, in a [[Breguet 19]]GR named ”[[Charles Nungesser|Nungesser]]-Coli”, from [[Paris]] through [[Argentina]], [[Brazil]], the [[United States]], [[Japan]], [[India]], and [[Greece]], although they travelled across the [[Pacific Ocean]] from [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]], [[California]], to [[Tokyo]], Japan, by ship.<ref>Donald, David, ed., ”The Complete Encyclopedia of World Aircraft”, New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1997, {{ISBN|0-7607-0592-5}}, p. 187.</ref> During the trip, they made the first non-stop aerial crossing of the [[South Atlantic Ocean]] on 14–15 October 1927, flying between [[Saint-Louis, Senegal|Saint-Louis]], [[Senegal]], and [[Natal, Brazil|Natal]], Brazil.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fai.org/news/90-years-ago-first-non-stop-flight-across-south-atlantic-ocean|title=90 years ago: First non-stop flight across South Atlantic Ocean|date=2017-10-13|website=www.fai.org|language=en|access-date=2020-02-09}}</ref> While in [[South America]], they routed themselves through every country in the continent.<ref>{{cite book |title= Conquistadors of the Sky: A History of Aviation in Latin America|page= 217 }}</ref> On 15–17 December 1928, Costes, with [[Paul Codos]], set a world distance record in a closed circuit of 8,029&nbsp;km (4,986 miles).{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}