Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 19, Number 19, DeMotte, Jasper County, 8 April 1949 — ENDURANCE FLIERS [ARTICLE]

ENDURANCE FLIERS

Miami, ~Fla.( April 6, Endurance fliers Dicky Riedel and Bill Harris head for Tampa enroute to California, weather 1 permitting. ' The fliers, who logged 492 continuous hours aloft at 10:44 p.m. (CST) last night, planned to leave in mid-morning on„ the hop to Tampa. Ground crewmen reported the fliers anxious to return to their home base at Fullerton, Calif., where- they took off March 15 on their attempt to break the endurance 'record of 726 hours, set in 1939.