The first time Brothers Fred and Algene ("Al") Key of Meridian, Miss, attempted to break the world's airplane refueling endurance record, a broken cylinder head forced them down after 123 hr. The second time, a storm balked them after 169 hr. On June 4 the two brothers, who operate a flying school at Meridian, went up for a third try in their Wright-powered Curtiss Robin monoplane Ole Miss.
Nothing particular happened until June 21 when Brother Al got a toothache. He stood the pain for four days, then lanced the abscessed tooth...
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