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Bridgeman, Leonard Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1948. MacMillan, 1948. Bridgeman, Leonard Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1959–60. Sampson, Low, Marston and Company, 1959. Fillingham, Paul Basic Guide to Flying. New York: Hawthorn, 1975. ISBN 0-801-50525-9; Jackson, Paul Janes All the Worlds Aircraft 2004–05, Janes Publishing Company, 2004.
Caidin set a number of records with Iron Annie, among them the shortest takeoff ever made with a Ju 52/3m and the world record for the most wing-walkers on one aeroplane at the same time. [4] Lufthansa acquired it in December 1984: It was flown to Hamburg via Greenland, Iceland and England, the only west to east Atlantic flight of an Ju 52 ...
The flight goes between two islands in Orkney, Scotland: Westray and Papa Westray. At 2.7 kilometres (1.7 mi), it is the shortest scheduled airline flight in the world as of December, 2016. The Loganair Westray to Papa Westray route is the shortest scheduled passenger flight in the world. Flights on the route are scheduled for one and a half ...
In 2017 the aircraft set a new STOL world record at Valdez, with a take off in 13 feet 8 inches, and a landing in 10 feet 5 inches. [3] In 2018, the aircraft set a new STOL world record at Valdez, with a take off in 11 ft 0 inches. [4]
The Loganair Westray to Papa Westray route and its return flight make up the shortest flight distance for any scheduled air carrier service. The route is 2.8 km (1.7 miles), and travel time, including taxi, is usually less than two minutes.
Bombell was named the world's shortest male horse and Joy set the record for most tricks performed by a pig in one minute. Check out other weird new World Record feats by watching the In The Know ...
The BD-5J has also held the Guinness record for the World's Smallest Jet for more than 25 years. Bishop originally garnered the record with one of his jets, and in November 2004, the record changed hands to Juan Jiménez, whose BD-5J weighed in at 358.8 lb (162.7 kg) empty, 80 lb (36 kg) lighter than Bishop's and the lightest documented weight ...
The round-the-world flight took 35 hours and 54 minutes over 23,125 miles. [5] In 1976 a Boeing 747SP (ZS-SPA) of South African Airways was flown non-stop from the Boeing Company factory in Seattle to Cape Town during its delivery flight. This was a world record for an un-refueled commercial aircraft, this record was held for over a decade. [51]