7 days, 18:49:30 hours. He was the first to fly around the world solo. During that flight, he covered in 4 days, 19:36 hours, establishing a new world record. A crowd of 50,000 people gathered at Bennett Field to see him arrive. August 5–7, 1933 – Lt. Maurice Rossi and Paul Codos flew a Bleriot 110, powered by a Hispano-Suiza engine, from Bennett Field to Rayak, Syria in about 55 hours, and established a distance record of . September 2, 1933 – Francesco de Pinedo was killed in a crash during takeoff from Bennett Field. February 28, 1934 – April 25, 1934 – Laura H. Ingalls flew a Lockheed Air Express, powered by a Pratt & Whitney engine, from Glenn Curtiss Airport, North Beach, NY, to South America. Ingalls flew across the continent and traveled alone over the Andes. She returned to Bennett Field after the flight. May 14–15, 1934 – George R. Pond and Cesare Sabelli flew a Bellanca Pacemaker, named Leonardo da Vinci powered by a Wright J-6 Whirlwind engine, in an attempted non-stop flight from Bennett Field to Rome, but were forced to land at Lahinch, Ireland, after 32:00 hours due to a fuel system problem. Later they flew to Rome. This was the 8th transatlantic flight. May 27–28, 1934 – After returning from Syria, Lt. Maurice Rossi and Paul Codos flew a Bleriot 110, powered by a Hispano-Suiza engine, from Paris, France, to Bennett Field in 38:27 hours, the second non-stop flight from Europe to America. April 30, 1935 – D. W. Tomlinson flew a TWA Douglas DC-1, powered by twin Wright Cyclone engines, non-stop from Burbank, California, to Bennett Field in 11:05:45 hours (beating Andrews by almost a half-hour). May 16–18, 1935 – On May 16 and 17, 1935, D. W. Tomlinson and J. S. Bartles flew the prototype Douglas DC-1, powered by twin Wright Cyclone engines, and established 14 speed records at Bennett Field, demonstrating the increasing efficiency of transport planes and engines with heavy loads. On May 18, they established 8 more speed records with the same model of airplane. July 18 – August 16, 1935 – Thor Solberg flew a Leoning amphibian, powered by a Wright Cyclone engine, from Bennett Field to Bergen, Norway, via Canada, Greenland, and Iceland. September 21–22, 1935 – Felix Waitkus (Feliksas Vaitkus; 1907–1956) flew a Lockheed Vega, powered by a Pratt & Whitney Wasp engine, from Bennett