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The plan for the flight was conceived by the Air Service's Assistant Chief, Brig. Gen. Billy Mitchell in 1923. The Air Service since 1919 had been regularly establishing endurance, distance, altitude and speed records in airplanes to promote favorable publicity and public support for the funding of the U.S. Army War Department's Major Project Number 4, the Lassiter plan for the expansion of ...
A transcontinental flight is a non-stop passenger flight from one side of a continent to the other. [1] ... Dawn-to-dusk transcontinental flight across the United States;
Dawn to Dusk may refer to: Dawn to Dusk, the first disc of the album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins "Dawn to Dusk", a song from the Raga soundtrack; Dawn-to-dusk transcontinental flight across the United States, an aviation record established in 1924
Although civil dawn marks the time of the first appearance of civil twilight before sunrise, and civil dusk marks the time of the first disappearance of civil twilight after sunset, civil twilight statutes typically denote a fixed period after sunset or before sunrise (most commonly 20–30 minutes) rather than how many degrees the Sun is below ...
On June 23, 1924, his third attempt succeeded, the first Dawn-to-dusk transcontinental flight across the United States. The flight was made in six legs, with an actual flying time of 18 hours and 20 minutes, at an average ground speed of more than 156 mph. In 1928 he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for the flight.
She went on to win the Duke of Edinburgh Cup again in 2007 and 2012/2013, the Half Dawn to Dusk once, and the Tiger Medal a second time. [1] [8] McCall is a member of the Australian Women Pilots’ Association, which was founded by pioneering Australian aviator Nancy Bird Walton. [9]
This is a timeline of aviation history, and a list of more detailed aviation timelines. The texts in the diagram are clickable links to articles. The texts in the diagram are clickable links to articles.
As a result, the spacecraft will pass over points on the Earth that have the same time of day during every orbit. For instance, if the orbit is "square to the Sun", the vehicle will always pass over points at which it is 6 a.m. on the north-bound portion, and 6 p.m. on the south-bound portion (or vice versa). This is called a "Dawn-Dusk" orbit.