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R. Plehinger
Posted: November 27, 2007 03:10 pm
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Can anyone provide the pilots and planes that made the following 3 distance flights of the 1920s?

March 8-16, 1921.
Bucharest-Sofia-Salonic-Athens-Bucharest.

October 1-13, 1921.
Bucharest-Prague-Prague.

August 22, 1926-February 11, 1927.
Bucharest-Paris-Bucharest.

Other details would be appreciated---distances, flight times, etc. With thanks!
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Posted: November 27, 2007 08:05 pm
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QUOTE (R. Plehinger @ November 27, 2007 06:10 pm)
October 1-13, 1921.
Bucharest-Prague-Prague.

Lieutenant Ioan Sava Campineanu and Captain Ermil Gheorghiu, in a Breguet 14.

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August 22, 1926-February 11, 1927.
Bucharest-Paris-Bucharest.


Cpt. Gheorghe Banciulescu and Cpt. Romeo Popescu, from Bucharest to Paris a distance of 2300 km in 13 hours and 20 minutes, with landing in Vienna due to technical problems.

On 12 September, took off from Paris to Bucharest, Cpt. Gheorghe Banciulescu and technician Ioan Stoica, in a Potez XXV. Crash landed near Rymanov (Czechoslovakia). Ioan Stoica died, Gheorghe Banciulescu lost both his legs.

On 15 September, took off from Paris Romeo Popescu and Emanoil Ionescu, in a Potez XV, landed in Genova due to technical failure.
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