Non Stop Airmen Drop Letters to Wives As They Pass Over Le Bourget on Record Flight -- Crowds waving as Cados and Rossi passed over Le Bourget.The French airmen, Cados and Rossi, who took off New York in an attempt to beat the world long-distance record, crossed the Atlantic and continued over Europe, having been sighted over the island of Rhodes. They are still flying, As the airmen passed over Le Bourget aerodrome, Paris, they dropped letters to their wives who were waiting anxious for news. The flyers are attempting to reach Bazra. August 7, 1933.