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Dates: during 1926-1926
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...transatlantic flights of the British R34 in 1919 were 3,600 and 3,450 mi., both nonstop. The first really long dirigible flight was made in 1917 by the German L-59, from Jamoli, Bulgaria, via Smyrna, the Mediterranean and the Libyan desert into East Africa and return - about 4,500 mi. without a stop

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Polar Pilgrims: May 24, 1926 | 5/24/1926 | See Source »

...Norge's Spitzbergen to Teller flight of 2,700 mi. is the longest successful nonstop flight for nonrigid dirigibles. The French Dixmade had covered over 5,000 mi. and weathered an African hurricane, when she was lost with all hands in the Mediterranean...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Polar Pilgrims: May 24, 1926 | 5/24/1926 | See Source »

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