One Hundred Years of Flight USAF Chronology ... - The Air University
One Hundred Years of Flight USAF Chronology ... - The Air University
One Hundred Years of Flight USAF Chronology ... - The Air University
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December 14: Maj. Gen. James E. Fechet replaced Maj. Gen. Mason M.<br />
Patrick as chief <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Air</strong> Corps.<br />
1928<br />
June 8: In a Fokker F–7 trimotor called Southern Cross, Sir Charles Kingsford-<br />
Smith <strong>of</strong> Australia and a three-man crew completed the first flight<br />
from the United States to Australia, taking <strong>of</strong>f at Oakland, California,<br />
and landing at Brisbane after stops in the Hawaiian and Fiji Islands.<br />
<strong>The</strong> flight covered 7,400 miles.<br />
1929<br />
January 7: Maj. Carl Spaatz, Capt. Ira C. Eaker, 1st Lt. Harry A. Halverson,<br />
2d Lt. Elwood R. Quesada, and SSgt. Roy W. Hooe set an endurance<br />
record for a refueled airplane in flight, having flown for 150 hours, 40<br />
minutes, and 15 seconds since January 1 in the Question Mark, a Fokker<br />
C–2 Trimotor airplane. Refueling 37 times in the air, they demonstrated<br />
the practicality <strong>of</strong> aerial refueling. Two Douglas C–1 aircraft,<br />
each with a three-man crew, provided the fuel. Capt. Ross G. Hoyt, 1st<br />
Lt. Auby C. Strickland, and 2d Lt. Irvin A. Woodring served as one<br />
tanker crew. 1st Lt. Odas Moon, 2d Lt. Andrew F. Solter, and 2d Lt.<br />
Joseph G. Hopkins served as the other.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Question Mark set a flight-endurance record in 1929.<br />
1927–29<br />
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