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2. Operation Power Flite - Wikipedia

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   Route of the first round-the-world nonstop flight by a jet airplane. Operation Power Flite was a United States Air Force mission in which three Boeing B-52 Stratofortresses became the first jet aircraft to circle the world nonstop, when they made the journey in January 1957 in 45 hours and 19 minutes, using in-flight refueling to stay aloft ...

3. Round-the-world ticket - Wikipedia

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   Round-the-world tickets are priced according to travel class, origin of travel, number of continents, mileage (usually between 30,000 and 60,000 km), and sometimes season of travel. [3] The traveller benefits from the large and optimized network of the airline alliance and can often participate in the alliance's frequent flyer programs ...

4. Spirit of Texas - Wikipedia

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   The flight consisted of 246.5 hours of flight time at an average ground speed of 117 mph. It set a FAI world record for round the world flight time in a helicopter, averaging 35.4 mph. [6] Fog necessitated flying as low as 10 feet to follow roads. There were two incidents in India and Burma of being cited for unauthorized landings.

5. Dick Rutan, who set an aviation milestone when he flew ... - AOL

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   Nine days and three minutes later, Dick, along with copilot Jeana Yeager, completed one of the greatest milestones in aviation history: the first round-the-world flight with no stops or refueling.

6. Solar airship targets first non-stop round-the-world flight ...

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   Construction of the Solar Airship One is set to begin this year, with the non-stop flight taking place in 2026. How the Solar Airship One might look flying over Mont Saint-Michel in Normandy ...

7. Robert and Joan Wallick - Wikipedia

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   Robert and Joan Wallick set a new record flying eastward round the world in June 1966. Robert Wallick (pilot), an American rancher, and his wife Joan (co-pilot) circumnavigated the world, starting and finishing in Manila , Philippines , covering a record distance (at that time) of 23,629 miles. [ 1 ]