Flies Over 1,600 Miles.

New York Times 100 years ago today, June 18, 1913:
French Aviator Completes Journey from Paris to St. Petersburg.
    ST. PETERSBURG, June 17.— A flight from Paris to St. Petersburg, a distance of over 1,600 miles, was completed at 11:25 this morning by the French aviator, Marcel G. Brindejonc des Moulinais, who covered the last lap of his journey, from Dvinsk to St. Petersburg, something over 300 miles, in three and a half hours in the face of a strong head wind.
    The Russian Aero Club presented a silver vase to the aeronaut.
    Brindejonc des Moulinais intends to return to Paris in his aeroplane by way of Helsingfors, Stockholm, and Copenhagen.