* Astronomy

Dieudonné Costes (14 November 1892 - 18 May 1973) was a French aviator, well known for long distance and record breaking flights, as well as being a fighter ace during World War I.
Between 10 October 1927 and 14 April 1928 Costes and Joseph Le Brix flew 57,410 km around the world, in Breguet 19GR named Nungesser-Coli, from Paris through Argentina, Brazil, the United States, Japan, India, and Greece, although they travelled across the Pacific Ocean from San Francisco, California, to Tokyo, Japan, by ship. During the trip, they made the first non-stop aerial crossing of the South Atlantic Ocean on 14-15 October 1927, flying between Saint-Louis, Senegal, and Natal, Brazil. While in South America, they routed themselves through every country in the continent. On 15-7 December 1928 Costes, with Paul Codos, set a world distance record in a closed circuit of 8,029 km.
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