On 13 July 1929 Dieudonne Costes and Maurice Bellonte attempted to cross the North Atlantic westbound, from Paris to New York, returning after 17 hours due to weather. On 27-29 September 1929 they set the world's distance record 7905 km from Paris to China. In 1-2 September 1930, Costes with Maurice Bellonte, flew from Paris to New York 37 hours 18 minutes.