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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 ...
On the first leg of the "Transcontinental Air Race of 1919" which saw 33 planes cross the U.S. with 8 completing the round-trip (out of 67 which began the trip). Nine deaths occurred during what was officially the U.S. Army's "Transcontinental Reliability and Endurance Test" 1922: September 4: 21 hours, 19 minutes: East to West: Jimmy Doolittle ...
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
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Contemporary photographic artist Uta Barth is photographed in front of her piece, titled "…from dawn to dusk. 2022," in her studio in Mar Vista. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)
The chapters of Dusk of Dawn can be divided thematically into three sections. The first four chapters focus on autobiographical information, contextualizing each anecdote in the relevant current events of its time. The next three chapters shift to a more ideological subject—the concept of race.
The NASCAR Cup Series will embark upon a 36-race calendar in 2024, ... 2023 winner: N/A, inaugural event. June 23: New Hampshire Motor Speedway 2:30 p.m. ET, USA 2023 winner: Martin Truex Jr.
Russell Lowell Maughan (March 28, 1893 – April 21, 1958) was an officer in the United States Army and a pioneer aviator. His career began during World War I, and spanned the period in which military aviation developed from a minor arm of the Army Signal Corps to the huge Army Air Forces on the verge of becoming a separate service.