
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, June 17, 1993                   TAG: 9306170250
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-7   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: PARIS                                LENGTH: Short

AIRLINER STARTS ATTEMPT FOR LONGEST-FLIGHT RECORD

An Airbus A-340 took off Wednesday from the Paris Air Show on an attempt to break the record for longest non-stop flight by a commercial airliner.

The crew of the four-engine plane hopes to complete a round-the-world trip with a single stop for refueling in Auckland, New Zealand.

The 11,968-mile leg to Auckland is the longest non-stop flight ever attempted by a commercial airliner, organizers said.

Organizers said the existing non-stop distance record for a commercial plane is a London-to-Sydney flight in 1989 by a Boeing 747.

- Associated Press

by CNB