2-714-640 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Costes and Bellonte beat the flying distance record, 1929. 'Costes et Bellonte Battent Record de Distance en Avion'. French aviators Dieudonné Costes (1892-1973) and Maurice Bellonte (1896-1983) set the world distance record, flying 7,905 km (4,909 miles) from Paris to Qiqihar, China, on 27-29 September 1929. Front cover of "Le Petit Journal Illustré". [France, 20 Octobre 1929]