Word: tailwind
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Dates: during 1929-1929
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...their destination, Bangalore. Two hours later the great plane reappeared over Karachi and landed. Head winds had eaten up its gasoline on the last half of the journey. Had the plane carried a radio, it could have been notified of a 30 m.p.h. tailwind which was blowing on a lower level. Distance: 4,130 mi.; time: 50 hrs., 38 min. (about 300 mi. short of the non-stop Rome-to-Brazil record flight; 15 hrs. short of the German endurance record...