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Historic Flight

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  • TVL1970 said:
    These appear to be US Navy Keystone PK-1 flying boats belonging to Patrol Squadron VP-1F, flying along the Na Pali coast of Kauai, Hawaii (note the Honopu Valley). The PK-1 was (like the Martin PM-2) an improved production version of the Naval Aircraft Factory (NAF) PN-12. VP-1F operated the PK-1 out of Ford Island, Oahu from 1932 to 1938.

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  • schulz_hl said:
    Curtiss Condor

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  • technogeo said:
    The plane flew between Las Vegas and Blythe, Calif., with occasional side trips to Los Angeles and Phoenix, Ariz.

    "Each morning and evening they swooped low over the Blythe airport to refuel from a pickup truck driving 90 miles an hour. They lowered a hook to hoist the refueling hose and a basket containing hot meals and mail.

    "At each refueling, inspectors checked paint on the plane's tires to verify that no secret landings had been made." (Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Feb. 8, 1959)
  • A30yoyo said:
    At first I read the dates the British way (dd-mm-yy) making a 15 month flight :-) then I realised it was 4DEC58 to7FEB59, still within 2 hours of an epic 65 days!
  • jessamyn west said:
    Thank you for this image, I've added it to the Wikipedia article about endurance flights.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_endurance_record