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Fliers Plan Endurance Refueling Flight From Owa
Des Moines announces a July 14 start to attempt a world endurance refueling flight using a remodeled Ryan mono plane powered by a Wright Whirlwind motor. Pilots Ross Arnold and Charles W. Gatschet, both former transport pilots, will operate with refueling support from James Barwick. The record holder is Reg L. Robbins and Jim Kelly, who logged just over 172 hours before a wooden propeller failure.
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Des Moines
Ross Arnold
Charles W. Gatschet
Kansas City
James Barwick
Hanford Airlines
Stour City
Reg L. Robbins
Jim Kelly
Fort Worth
Tex
Robbins
Keldy
Arnold
Gatschet
Twin Cities
Kansas City Air Express
Ucense
Lcense
Register
Tribune
Shank
Minneapolis
Gene Shank
Owen Haughland
Minnesota