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  2. American Airlines lands longest nonstop flight after 8,300 ...

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    The Boeing 787-9 flew 8,300 miles in about 16.5 hours, landing 33 minutes earlier than the estimated arrival time, according to American Airlines and FlightAware, a flight tracking website.

  3. Longest flights - Wikipedia

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    The Pan Am Martin M-130 'Hawaii Clipper' that flew the first commercial transpacific flight. The longest non-stop commercial flights of the 1930s were operated by flying boats, which were the predominant aircraft type of the time for long-range flight, in part because they did not require large airports capable of receiving large aircraft. [40]

  4. Flight tracking - Wikipedia

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    Flight tracking enables travellers as well as those picking up travellers after a flight to know whether a flight has landed or is on schedule, for example to determine whether it is time to go to the airport. Aircraft carry ADS-B transponders, which transmit information such as the aircraft ID, GPS position, and altitude as radio signals.

  5. Flight endurance record - Wikipedia

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    The current record for the longest non-stop, non-refueled airplane flight in history (9 days and 3 minutes) was achieved in the Rutan Voyager. The flight endurance record is the longest amount of time an aircraft of a particular category spent in flight without landing. It can be a solo event, or multiple people can take turns piloting the ...

  6. DFW airport grounds most flights Tuesday morning due to ... - AOL

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    Flights after noon remain scheduled and on time, as of 10 a.m. See live flight status. Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport grounded most of its flights on Tuesday morning due to severe weather.

  7. A new direct flight will connect DFW to Hong Kong. What to ...

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    Cathay Pacific will begin direct flights from DFW to Hong Kong on April 25. The long-haul flight will run on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, and is scheduled to leave DFW at 11:55 p.m ...

  8. American Airlines - Wikipedia

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    American Airlines ordered 25 DC-10s in its first order. [16] [17] The DC-10 made its first flight on August 29, 1970, [18] and received its type certificate from the FAA on July 29, 1971. [19] On August 5, 1971, the DC-10 entered commercial service with American Airlines on a round-trip flight between Los Angeles and Chicago. [20]

  9. Bette Nash, world’s longest-serving flight attendant ... - AOL

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    Bette Nash, holder of the Guinness World Record for longest-serving flight attendant, has died at the age of 88, according to statements from American Airlines and the Association of Professional ...