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Moses03
June 20th, 2012, 06:46
99 years ago on Sept 23, 1913, Frenchman Roland Garros completed the first non-stop flight across the Mediterranean in a Morane-Saulnier monoplane.

Covering 453 miles, Garros landed in Tunisia 7 hrs and 53 min after departing St. Raphael, France.

Quite an achievment for 1913 era technology!

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