Maurice Bellonte
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Maurice Bellonte (Méru, Oise, 25 October 1896 – Paris, 14 January 1983) was a French aviator who set flight distance records.[1]
Associated with Dieudonné Costes, in 1930 he performed the first westbound crossing of the North Atlantic from Paris to New York, on board the Breguet XIX Point d'interrogation.
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