This Day in Aviation History
May 28th, 1931

A Bellanca CH-300 fitted with a DR-980, piloted by Walter Edwin Lees and Frederic Brossy, set a record for staying aloft for 84 hours and 32 minutes without being refueled. This record was not broken until 55 years later by the Rutan Voyager….

Source:
Wikipedia, Packard DR-980: http://gstv.us/1d05ncW

Wikipedia, Bellanca CH-300: http://gstv.us/1d05XaK

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