29 June 1931

Maryse Bastie
Maryse Bastié (FAI)

29 June 1931: Maryse Bastié set three Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) World Records for Distance in a Straight Line Without Landing ¹ when she flew a Klemm L 25.I monoplane, La Trottinette, powered by a 40 hp Salmson AD9 radial engine, 2,976.91 kilometers (1,849.77 statute miles) from Le Bourget Airport, Paris, France, to Yurino, Mari Autonomous Oblast, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Maryse Bastié with her Klemm KL25, F-ARMB (Conservatoire Aéronautique du Limousin)

¹ FAI Record File Numbers 12345, 12346, 14886

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