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Feb. 11, 2006: Steve Fossett set the absolute
world record for “distance without landing” by flying
his GlobalFlyer from the Kennedy Space Center,
Fla., around the world eastbound, then upon
Feb. 5, 1929: A Lockheed Model 3 Air Express landed at Roosevelt returning to Florida, continuing across the Atlantic
Field, N.Y. The aircraft, piloted by Frank Hawks, had taken off the day Feb. 10 1962: American U-2 pilot Gary Powers, shot down and a second time to land in Bournemouth, England.
before (Feb. 4) from Metropolitan Field in Los Angeles (now Van Nuys arrested in the Soviet Union May 1, 1960, is exchanged along with The official distance was 25,766 statute miles and
Airport) heading for the East Coast. Also on board the aircraft was American student Frederic Pryor in a well-publicized spy swap the duration was 76 hours 45 minutes. There are
the final assembly superintendent for Lockheed – Oscar Grubb. The for Soviet KGB Colonel Vilyam Fisher (aka Rudolf Abel), a Soviet only seven absolute world records for fixed-wing
cross-country flight took 18 hours, 21 minutes, 59 seconds. The only colonel who was caught by the FBI and put in jail for espionage, at aircraft recognized by the Fédération Aéronautique
previous non-stop West-to-East flight had been flown during August the Glienicke Bridge in Berlin, Germany. Powers had been flying a Internationale and Fossett broke three of them in
1928 by Arthur C. Goebel, Jr., and Harry Tucker, with their Lockheed CIA U-2 reconnaissance mission from Incirlik Air Base in Turkey, over the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer. All three records
Vega. Hawks cut 36 minutes off of Goebel’s time. On Dec. 28, 1920, the Ural Mountains. Pictured: Powers while in Soviet custody (left) were previously held by Dick Rutan and Jeana
Amelia Earhart took her first ride in an airplane at Long Beach Airport and the Glienicke Bridge over the Havel River, the border between Yeager, from their flight in the Voyager in 1986.
in California. The 10-minute flight began her life-long involvement in West Berlin and East Germany. Powers spent one year, nine months
aviation. The airplane’s pilot was Frank Hawks. and 10 days in Soviet custody.
Feb. 8, 2012: NASA 911, the Boeing 747-
146 that was used as a space shuttle carrier, Feb. 11, 1945: The Consolidated Vultee XP-81 made
made its last flight, a 20-minute hop from its first flight at Muroc Army Airfield, Calif. Two prototype
Edwards Air Force Base to Palmdale Plant aircraft were ordered on Feb. 11, 1944, that were
42 in California. In 38 years, the aircraft designated XP-81. The engine selection was an attempt
accumulated 33,004.1 flight hours, which is to couple the high-speed capability of the jet engine with
relatively low time for an airliner. NASA 911 the endurance offered by the propeller engine. The
made its first flight Aug. 31, 1973, and flew XP-81 was designed to use the General Electric TG-
in commercial service with Japan Airlines for 100 turboprop engine (later designated XT31 by the
15 years. It was obtained by NASA in 1989 U.S. military) in the nose, driving a four-bladed propeller
and turned over to Boeing for modification and a GE J33 turbojet in the rear fuselage.
as the second Space Shuttle Carrier Aircraft.

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