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Show " J5 ' " ' ! SL "I OfRcitl V. S. Ntvr Photo THE TWAIN MEETS IN RECORD-BREAKING TIME! A new east-west east-west speed record was set by this nrw Navy Neptune patrol bomber, a i two-motored Lockheed V.V, when it sat down at B-.irbank Field. Calif.. 9 hours 23 minutes and 2 seconds after its take-olT from Floyd Bennett Field. This Klleed 39 minutes off the previous best speed, lfsnit poor flying rondltions that forced the plane 130 miles off course. The Neptune was piloted by C'ommamlt-r Thomas I). Da vies, of Chevy Chase, Mu, and tarried three naval crewmen and two civilian passengers. |