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KF5JRV > TODAY 26.02.19 14:31l 17 Lines 733 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: Today in History - Feb 26
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From Carswell Air Force Base in Fort Worth, Texas, the Lucky Lady II, a
B-50 Superfortress, takes off on the first nonstop round-the-world
flight. Under the command of Captain James Gallagher, and featuring a
crew of 14 men, the aircraft averaged 249 miles per hour on its
23,452-mile trek. The Lucky Lady II was refueled four times in the air
by B-29 tanker planes and on March 2, 1949 returned to the United States
after 94 hours in the air.
In December 1986, Voyager, a lightweight propeller plane constructed
mainly of plastic, landed at Edwards Air Force Base in Muroc,
California, having completed the first global flight without refueling.
73 de Scott KF5JRV
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