refueling

56 photos tagged refueling, from 2 members of Flickr Commons.

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Historic Flight

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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

26_0051722 Rohr Collection Image

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  • Chuck Walla said:
    Ladder says, "East Mojave Building Company."