"When ‘Cape Cod’ flew to Istanbul
Written by Lee Roscoe
New documentary celebrates pioneering achievement
The documentary Cape Cod to Istanbul premiered on July 31 at the Cape Cod Cultural Center in South Yarmouth to commemorate the 80th anniversary of an historic flight taken in 1931. They flew on a mix of skill, good mechanics, know-how and daring. In a little over two days (49 hours), a specially designed airplane flew from New York City’s Floyd Bennett Field, 5,011.8 miles to Istanbul, Turkey. The pilots were John L. Polando and Russell N. Boardman, who named their plane the “Cape Cod” and painted it on their fuselage because it was the first area discovered in America."
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