Stasys Girėnas
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Stasys Girėnas was a Lithuanian-American pilot, who died in a non-stop flight attempt with the Lituanica from New York City to Kaunas, Lithuania, in 1933.
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Girėnas (left) and Steponas Darius before the Lituanica transatlantic flight in 1933
Darius (left) and Girėnas on a Lithuanian 10 litas banknote
2013 Lithuanian stamp
Steponas Darius
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Steponas Darius was a Lithuanian American pilot, who died in a non-stop flight attempt in the Lituanica from New York City to Kaunas, Lithuania, in 1933.
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…In 1931 he won the first prize at the Chicago Air Festival for the best landing of a plane with its engine turned off. On July 15, 1933, along with Steponas Darius, he attempted a nonstop flight from New York City, to Kaunas, Lithuania - a total of 7,186 km (4,465 mi), in a Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker airplane named…
Steponas Darius