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Show Army Aviators Complete Long Trip San Diego, Cal. Lieutenants Oakley Oak-ley Kelly and John A. MacReady. United States army aviators, completed com-pleted Thursday a nonstop flight from New York to San Diego in 26 hours 50 minutes and 48 2-5 seconds in an army transport monoplane. The flight began Wednesday at 12:36:53 p. m. eastern standard time. The mileage covered by Lieutenants Mac-Ready Mac-Ready and Kelly in the T-2, in their transcontinental flight, was estimated at between 2700 and 2800 miles by Major W. R. Weaver, commander of the MItchel field. The fliers averaged aver-aged better than 100 miles an hour-on hour-on their trip. |