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May 13, 1927

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LINDBERGH ARRIVES AFTER RECORD HOPS; Air Mail Pilot Sets the Fastest Time of 21 Hours 20 Minutes From the Pacific Coast. FLEW 2,550 MILES ALONE With Aid of Compasses Only -Curtiss Field Crowds Cheer Daring Youth as He Lands. AIRPLANES AND PILOTS WHO ARE NEARLY READY FOR TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHTS. LINDBERGH ARRIVES AFTER RECORD HOPS

By Unknown Author

Flies to Curtiss Field, L I, in 7 hrs 15 min; sets record time of 21 hrs 20 min from Pacific Coast; greeted by C D Chamberlin; will make flight with aid of compasses only

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SEVEN HEARD PLANE PASS; Men and Women Say It Went Over Harbor Grace Monday. EXPERTS DEDUCE COURSE Hydrographic Officers Believe French Fliers Landed in Labrador, if Not in Sea. HUNT FOR THEM GOES ON Los Angeles Is Held in Hangar, but Sea and Land Forces Press Search. SEVEN HEARD PLANE AT HARBOR GRACE AREA WHERE SEARCH FOR NUNGESSER CENTRES.

By Sir Patrick McGrath, President of the Legislative Council of Newfoundland.copyright, 1927, By the New York Times Company.special Cable To the New York Times.by Sir Patrick McGrath

Dispatch on stories of persons who report having heard airplanes pass over Newfoundland, in connection with C Nungesser and F Coli

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