On 27–29 September 1929 they set the world distance record, flying 7,905 km (4,909 miles) from Paris to Qiqihar, China.
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He broke the world distance record on 28 October 1926, flying 5,396 km (3,351 miles) from Paris to Jask, Persia, with J. Rignot, as a part of 19,625-km (12,187-mile) Paris-India-Paris flight.
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Between 10 October 1927 and 14 April 1928 Costes and Joseph Le Brix flew 57,410 km (35,652 miles) around the world, in Breguet 19GR named Nungesser-Coli, from Paris through Argentina, Brazil, the United States, Japan, India, and Greece, although they traveled across the Pacific Ocean from San Francisco, California, to Tokyo, Japan, by ship.
Jean-Louis Costes | Costes | Hôtel Costes | Hotel Costes | Geneviève Dieudonné | Dieudonné Kayembe Mbandakulu | Dieudonné Costes |
In the Breguet 19 G.R. Nungesser-Coli, Le Brix and the French aviator Dieudonné Costes made a round-the-world trip between October 1927 and April 1928, traveling 57,000 km (35,400 miles) with a total flying time of 350 hours, although they covered the segment between San Francisco, California, and Tokyo, Japan, aboard ship.