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Post by pat perry on Apr 18, 2016 4:41:37 GMT 9
"19 March–17 April 1964: Geraldine Fredritz (“Jerrie”) Mock landed her 1953 Cessna 180, Spirit of Columbus, FAA registration N1538C, at Columbus, Ohio, completing the circumnavigation of the Earth begun at 9:31 a.m., 19 March 1964. She was the first woman to complete a circumnavigation by air. Her journey covered 23,103 miles (36,964 kilometers). The total elapsed time was 29 days, 11 hours, 59 minutes."
www.thisdayinaviation.com/17-april-1964/
"After her around the world flight, Jerrie Mock never flew Spirit of Columbus again. Cessna exchanged it for a new six-place P206 Super Skylane, N155JM. For many years N1538C was hanging over a production line at the Cessna factory. Today, Mock’s Cessna 180 is on display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum."
You GO Girl!
Pat P.
PS: One of my MA-1 buds from the 456th has 2 million American miles. American has a hi-milers club where they arrange trips for them to recognize their status and create even more miles. They arrange for special events on the ground stops to visit unique places.
Lou's son Edward writes a blog for hi-milers pizzainmotion.boardingarea.com/
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Post by Gene on Apr 18, 2016 5:00:32 GMT 9
very interesting...it maybe a jeopardy clue some day...
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Post by pat perry on May 11, 2016 23:55:23 GMT 9
11 May 1964: At Air Force Plant 42, Palmdale, California, the first prototype North American Aviation XB-70A-1-NA Valkyrie, 62-0001, was rolled out. More than 5,000 people were there to watch.
www.thisdayinaviation.com/11-1964-2/
62-0001 is in the collection of the National Museum of the United States Air Force. It has made 83 flights with just 160 hours, 16 minutes total flight time.
If you lined up a F-106, SR-71 and XB-70 next to a current B-52, the caption would read "Three Beauties and the Beast" Hard to believe that all of them were built over 50 years ago.
Pat P.
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Post by Gene on May 12, 2016 1:38:46 GMT 9
i had a model...wow... that long ago...
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Post by Gene on May 20, 2016 3:53:48 GMT 9
i just had coffee with a guy that said he was on the B 70 project... said a lot of in house fighting helped 'not' to get the ac in to full production and become part of the usaf inventory...
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Post by Gene on May 21, 2016 1:06:21 GMT 9
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Post by Mark O on May 21, 2016 6:35:24 GMT 9
20 May 1967: Colonel Robin Olds, USAF, commanding officer of the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing based at Ubon Rachitani Royal Thai Air Force Base, and Weapons System Officer 1st Lieutenant Stephen B. Croker, destroyed two Vietnam People’s Air Force MiG-17 fighters with AIM-7 Sparrow radar-guided and AIM-9 Sidewinder heat-seeking air-to-air missiles while flying McDonnell F-4C-24-MC Phantom II, serial number 64-0829, named SCAT XXVII.www.thisdayinaviation.com/20-may-1967/Note the photo in the link of "SCAT XXVII" as displayed today at the USAF Museum. Here's a shot of me standing right next to her in 2000. Glad I got the opportunity to get up close to those aircraft before they put the fences up. Mark O
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Post by Jim on May 21, 2016 6:56:55 GMT 9
What KC series you talking about?
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Post by Gene on May 22, 2016 7:14:07 GMT 9
97 , 130, 135, 10.... you know airplanes that refuel other airplanes...
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Post by Jim on May 22, 2016 12:09:02 GMT 9
97 , 130, 135, 10.... you know airplanes that refuel other airplanes... Believe you forgot 2 from before your time- KB-29 and KB-50
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Post by Gene on May 23, 2016 0:47:54 GMT 9
i think the 50 was stationed at hik in '61... remember seeing that big vert. stab. on the flightline...
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Post by Mark O on May 27, 2016 9:08:54 GMT 9
Speaking of Convair Deltas... 26 May 1961: The Firefly, the Blériot Trophy-winning Convair B-58A-10-CF Hustler, serial number 59-2451, assigned to the 43rd Bombardment Wing, Carswell Air Force Base, Fort Worth, Texas, set a Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) World Record for Speed Over a Recognized Course by flying from Washington, D.C. to Paris in 3 hours, 39 minutes, 49 seconds, for an average speed of 1,687.69 kilometers per hour (1,048.68 miles per hour).www.thisdayinaviation.com/26-may-1961/Mark O
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