Title: Major Boots completes a record-breaking non-stop flight Caption: Major Boots, , posing with a and DH-4 aircraft at Selfridge Field before his historic flight to Yonkers, In a remarkable feat, he completed the journey in just 4 hours and 30 minutes, setting a new record for long-distance non-stop flight. (Photograph taken on November 27, 1918)

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