Italian aviator Francesco "Lord of Distance" de Pinedo's fatal attempt to takeoff in his grossly overloaded Bellanca J-3-500 "Santa Lucia" (including 1,000 gallons of fuel) for a distance record setting flight from New York to Bagdad on 2 September 1933 f

Italian aviator Francesco "Lord of Distance" de Pinedo's fatal attempt to takeoff in his grossly overloaded Bellanca J-3-500 "Santa Lucia" (including 1,000 gallons of fuel) for a distance record setting flight from New York to Bagdad on 2 September 1933 f