The French airmen, Libert and Denis, took off from Le Bourget aerodrome on an attempt to break the speed record for a flight from Paris to Tokyo. Flying from Greece to Bushire [Bushehr, Iran], they hope to reach Tokyo in 160 hours. A prize of ?000 is offered by the French Air Ministry if they succeed. Photo shows: The takeoff at Le Bourget. 24 February 1937 [Paris-Tokyo flyers crash - one injured. The French airmen were attempting to fly from Paris to Tokyo within 100 hours, have crashed in Thakhet, in Laos providence of French Indochina. One of the airmen has been injured. This is the third attempt by French airmen to fly to Tokyo within 100 hours that has met with disaster. 26 February 1937]