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Baron completes 27000 mile world flight to New York
Baron Freidrich Karl Paul Richard Von Warthausen, 23, of Berlin, landed at Roosevelt Field after a 17,000 mile overland and air tour across Europe Asia and America. He flew a Klemm Daimler monoplane with a 29 horsepower Mercedes engine. He started in Berlin in August 1928, flew to Moscow nonstop to win the Hindenberg cup then to Persia India and Siam, shipped the plane to Hong Kong then Shanghai and Yokohama, reached San Francisco and crossed the continent. He plans to ship his plane home and fly across Europe to Berlin.
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