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PAUL CODOS and MAURICE ROSSI

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1933
Maurice Rossi (1901-1966) started his aviation career very early: in 1919 he became the youngest military pilot in France. Together with Paul Codos (1896-1960), a former typographer turned pilot, he broke all previous records for a non-stop distance flight. From the 5th to 7th August 1933, the two French aviators, with Codos as main pilot, flew over the North Atlantic in a straight line from New York to France, passing over Germany and heading south east until they landed at Rayak (today Lebanon).
Codos and Rossi travelled for 5,657 miles (9,104 km), keeping their Blériot 110, equipped with Longines chronometers, in the air for 55 hours. Powered by a Hispano-Suiza engine, the Blériot 110 travelled at an average speed of 102 mph (164 km/h).





Long-distance record-breakers Maurice Rossi (left) and Paul Codos at Floyd Bennett Field, New York, August 1933.
Summary
1
Auguste Agassiz and Ernest Francillon
2
Amelia Earhart
3
Elinor Smith
4
Walter Mittelholzer
5
Charles Lindbergh
6
Philip Van Horn Weems
7
Amy Johnson
8
Ruth Nichols
9
Dieudonné Costes AND Joseph Le Brix
10
Dieudonné Costes AND Maurice Bellonte
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11
Paul Codos AND Maurice Rossi
12
Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon
13
Howard Hughes
14
Richard Byrd And Floyd Bennett
15
Wiley Post
16
Hans von Schiller
17
Paul-Émile Victor
18
Louis-Amédée de Savoie
19
Joseph-Elzéar Bernier
20
Auguste and Jacques Piccard
21
Steve McKinney
22
Malcolm and Donald Campbell
23
24 Hours of Le Mans
24
Pioneer in Rally Sport
25
Rallye Monte-Carlo
26
Timing Formula One
27
Partnering with Ferrari
28
Racing with Renault
29
Timing Equestrian Sports
30
Milestones Supporting Pioneers and Pilots
31
Credits
Book of Exploits | Longines
A story of outsanding achievements
1
Auguste Agassiz and Ernest Francillon
2
Amelia Earhart
3
Elinor Smith
4
Walter Mittelholzer
5
Charles Lindbergh
6
Philip Van Horn Weems
7
Amy Johnson
8
Ruth Nichols
9
Dieudonné Costes AND Joseph Le Brix
10
Dieudonné Costes AND Maurice Bellonte
You are in chapter
"
11
Paul Codos AND Maurice Rossi
12
Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon
13
Howard Hughes
14
Richard Byrd And Floyd Bennett
15
Wiley Post
16
Hans von Schiller
17
Paul-Émile Victor
18
Louis-Amédée de Savoie
19
Joseph-Elzéar Bernier
20
Auguste and Jacques Piccard
21
Steve McKinney
22
Malcolm and Donald Campbell
23
24 Hours of Le Mans
24
Pioneer in Rally Sport
25
Rallye Monte-Carlo
26
Timing Formula One
27
Partnering with Ferrari
28
Racing with Renault
29
Timing Equestrian Sports
30
Milestones Supporting Pioneers and Pilots
31
Credits