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Show J AVIATOR ALIGHTS ON WATER. j Flies From Key West to Almost Within Sight of Havana. Havana. J. A. D. McCurdy, a Canadian Can-adian by birth, but now affiliated with American aviators, set a new record on Monday In over-the-water flights, covering nearly a hundred miles, from Key West to within ten miles of Ha-vanw, Ha-vanw, where he was compelled to drop Into the sea. There he remained, his biplane floated by pontoons, until the lifeboat of the torpedo boat destroyer Terry picked him up. A break in the engine caused the failure of the completion of the trip. |