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How many hours did the Blériot 110 fly non-stop in its record flights?

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At its best, the Blériot 110 stayed airborne for 76 hours and 34 minutes and covered 10,601 km (6,587 mi). Lucien Bossoutrot and Maurice Rossi broke the record three times with it between 15 November and 26 March 1932. The aircraft was built specifically to pursue long-distance records.

How many hours did the Blériot 110 fly non-stop in its record flights?
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An aircraft built for records

The Blériot 110, also known as the Blériot-Zappata 110, was a long-range research aircraft designed and built by the French manufacturer Blériot Aéronautique. It was developed specifically to pursue new world records for long-distance flights. Its first flight, on 16 May 1930, was cut short by a fuel supply problem, although the aircraft was undamaged. After repairs it was moved to Oran, in Algeria, where it attempted the closed-circuit distance record. By then it had already been named Joseph Le Brix, in honour of the pilot who had died flying the 110's main rival, the Dewoitine D.33.

76 hours and 34 minutes airborne

Between 15 November and 26 March 1932, with Lucien Bossoutrot and Maurice Rossi at the controls, the Blériot 110 broke the record three times; on the last occasion it remained airborne for 76 hours and 34 minutes and covered 10,601 km (6,587 mi).

New York-Rayak and the scrapyard

On 5 August 1933, Paul Codos and Maurice Rossi set a new straight-line distance record flying from New York to Rayak, in Lebanon, a distance of 9,105 km (5,658 mi). Further record attempts were made over the following two years but proved unsuccessful, and the 110 was scrapped.

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