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2 unusual facts about Joseph Le Brix


Blériot 110

By this time, the aircraft had been named Joseph Le Brix in honour of the aviator who had perished flying the 110's rival Dewoitine D.33.

Joseph Le Brix

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.


Dieudonné Costes

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.


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