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The two victorious aviators had begun their world-circling last autumn with the first non-stop flight across the South Atlantic, an adventure far too little heralded in the U. S. They had made this flight in a shiny, grey Hispano-Suiza motored Breguet plane, which with dauntless devotion they called the Nungesser-Coli, and which had already carried M. Costes from Paris to Siberia, from Paris to Persia, in non-stop flights. The Breguet had continued to perform faithfully in the 35,000-mile jaunt around the world; it carried its commanders through the air at an average speed of about 110 miles an hour.