9 June 1914

A record flight for the Michelin Cup was made on June 8-9 by Eugene Gilbert on a Morane-Saulnier monoplane with 80 h.p. Rhone motor . Starting from Villacoublay at 3:10 a.m. on the 8th and landed at Mirande on the way to Pau, owing to his petrol supply giving out. On Tuesday, the 9th, he flew via Pau, and back to Villacoublay, where he landed at 6:37 p.m., having covered a total distance of very nearly 3,000 km in 39 and 1/2 hrs.