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...doing such things, Aviators Loren W. Mendell, 30, of Los Angeles and Roland B. Reinhart, 29, of Salem, Ore., listened for 246 hr., 43 min., 32 sec., to the steady roar of an old Wright Whirlwind motor, regulate 1 the controls of an old Buhl air sedan called the Angeleno, and soared, soared, soared over Southern California. When they had been up 175 hours, one hour longer than the last World's record (TIME, July 15), a great crowd gathered at the Culver City airport set up such a hullabaloo that "talkie" directors on nearby lots had to stop work...
Endurance Attempts. At Los Angeles, Leo Nomis and Maurice Morrison in a Cessna (TIME, July 8) had their motor fail, landed with a crash after 42 hr. 5 min. in the air. Another Los Angeles plane, the Buhl Angeleno, last week started up for the endurance record. Flyers were Loren W. Mendell, R. B. Reinhart...