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Show Record Flight Made I j To Washington During Rain Storm and Fog j ! MINEOLA, N. Y., Dec. 1G Steering j ; by compass through a dense fog which for several days has hung over this t tj section of the country, Lieutenant James Gans, an aviator at Hazelhursi field, has made what was termed a i l "record flight" to Washington, accord- j ing to an announcement tonight by Lieutenant Colonel M. H. Harmon, S commander of the field. : Despite the handicap of fog and the ' f necessity of landing twice because of rainstorms. Lieutenant Gans made tho i flight to Washington yesterday, bijar- 1 ing official papers, In two hours and , fifty minutes, Colonel Harmon said. The record time under the best fly- 1 1 ing conditions is two hours, he added. I . Another flight by compass was made from Buffalo to Hazelhurst field K today by Captain Walter P. Pacobs. ' according to Colonel Harmon. Tho I ? trip, Qver a 450-milo route, consumed j three hours and thirty minutes. oo i 1 |