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2. Polar route - Wikipedia

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   Leif Viking (LN-LMP) from SAS was the first airplane to use the polar route for regular flights. Here Leif Viking becomes christened by Cyd Charisse on 18 November 1954.. Of the commercial airlines, SAS was first: their Douglas DC-6B flights between Los Angeles and Copenhagen, via Kangerlussuaq and Winnipeg, started on November 15, 1954. [4]

3. Flight distance record - Wikipedia

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   The gliding flight consisted of four legs along the eastern side of the Andes mountain range. The flight time of 15h 8m giving an average speed of almost exactly 200 km/h. [61] [62] March 21, 1999: 40,814 km: Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones: Breitling Orbiter: Distance record for a balloon: January 31, 2015: 10,711 km: Troy Bradley and Leonid ...

4. Longest flights - Wikipedia

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   [46] [47] A notably long passenger flight for the time came with Western Air Express' launch of its scheduled non-stop flight between Salt Lake City (Woodward Field) and Las Vegas (Anderson Field). This non-stop flight covered a great circle distance of 585 km (364 mi; 316 nmi) in approximately 5 hours using a Douglas M-2. [48] [49] [50]

5. Transcontinental flight - Wikipedia

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   Los Angeles LAX to overhead New York Floyd Bennett, 2468 miles; time includes fuel stop at Offutt AFB 1954: March 30: 4 hr 24 min 17 sec: West to East: Joe DeBona: North American P-51C: Los Angeles LAX nonstop to New York Idlewild, 2474 miles – still the prop record (560 mph) 1954: April 1: 3 hr 45 min 30 sec: West to East: LtCdr Francis ...

6. Los Angeles International Airport - Wikipedia

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   On January 13, 1969, Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 933, a Douglas DC-8-62, crashed into Santa Monica Bay, approximately 6 nautical miles (11 km) west of LAX at 7:21 pm, local time. The aircraft was operating as flight SK933, nearing the completion of a flight from Seattle. Of nine crewmembers, three drowned, while 12 of the 36 passengers ...

7. Man accused of trying to smuggle meth-caked clothing on ...

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   Authorities seized two suitcases filled with clothing that had been "caked" with methamphetamine from a passenger trying to fly from LAX to Australia on Nov. 6, 2024. Other recent drug busts