WORLD FLIGHT RECORD HALVED 14,874 MILES: 91 HOURS WILD NEW YORK WELCOME POLICE TO GUARD AIRMEN
... Mr. Howard Hughes and his lour companions landed at New York 7*37 (8.5. T.) on Thursday night after a flight of 14,874 miles round the world in 3 days 19 hours 17 minutes. They have thus more than halved the time OF 7 DAYS 18 HOURS 48 MINS. TAKEN BY THE LATE MR. WILEY POST WHEN HE DID THE SAME FLIGHT SOLO IN 1933. TO ACHIEVE THEIR REMARKABLE RECORD THE FIVE AMERICANS AVERAGED 163 M.P.H., ...