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Naval Aviators Set World Record For Distance In Balloons 1932
Posted: Sep 27, 2011Navy Lieutenants Thomas G. W. Settle and Wilfred Bushnell took first place in the International Balloon Race on 27 September 1932 when their gas balloon landed on the Polish-Latvian border at Daugieliszki, Poland.