A 1929 press portrait of French air flight pioneer Dieudonne Costes on his Paris to Texas flight. Costes (1892 – 1973) was a French aviator who set a number of flight distance records and was credited as a fighter ace during World War I. On 2 May 1928, He was awarded multiple awards including the Distinguished Flying Cross by special act of the Congress of the United States in recognition of his historic around the world flight

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