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July 28, 1932

President Herbert Hoover presents the Distinguished Flying Cross award to aviators John Polando and Russell Boardman, who set a long distance record by flying a Bellanca monoplane, the Cape Cod, nonstop from New York to Istanbul in 49 hours and 20 minutes.

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