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Jul 1–4, 2002: Northam, Western Australia: Queensland, Australia: covered 20,482.26 statute miles (32,963 km) 13 days 12 hours 5 minutes (14 days 19 hours 50 minutes to landing) First Solo RTW Flight: 24 Hour Balloon Distance Record (Jun 30 - Jul 1. 2002) Jul 1, 2002; Fastest Speed by Manned Balloon 200.24 mph (322.25 kmh) Balloon: Spirit of ...
An important example of scientific use is the 58,000 sq nmi (198,934.4 km 2) aeromagnetic survey of the Reykjanes Ridge flown at 1,500 ft (457.2 m) with 2 nmi (2.3 mi; 3.7 km) to 4 nmi (4.6 mi; 7.4 km) line spacing between October and November 1963 resulted in the 1965 Hydrographic Office Informal Report H-3-65, "An Airborne Geomagnetic Survey ...
The sectionals are complemented by terminal area charts (TACs) at 1:250,000 scale for the areas around major U.S. airports, and until 2016 by World Aeronautical Charts (WACs) at a scale of 1:1,000,000 for pilots of slower aircraft and aircraft at high altitude. [1] Since February 2021, the charts have been updated on a 56-day publication cycle. [2]
The Douglas Aircraft Company adopted the motto, "First Around the World – First the World Around". [25] [N 4] The American team had greatly increased their chances of success by using several aircraft and pre-positioning large caches of fuel, spare parts, and other support equipment along the route. They often had several US Navy destroyers ...
The Mercury mission numbering system was: a two-letter designation marking the launch vehicle type, followed by a dash, then a number designating the flight/test number. The Atlas launch vehicles used for Project Mercury were given a two- or three-digit number followed by a "-D", indicating that they were the "D" version of the Atlas.
The first non-stop flights from Sea–Tac to mainland Europe began in September 1966 with Scandinavian Airlines, who used a polar route to reach Copenhagen. [17] A parallel second runway was completed 800 feet (240 m) west of the main runway in 1970. [24]
The data in the source image (ie. the flight path) that was traced to generate this map is the location of Flight 370. The position of an object is a fact; facts cannot be copyrighted. Background is the "Simplified World Polygons (LSIB) - March 2013" dataset available from the US Department of State - Office of the Geographer (public domain ...
The Falcon 9 first stage B1062 became the first booster to fly its 23rd flight, but it toppled over and was destroyed after landing on A Shortfall of Gravitas, breaking a streak of 267 successful landings for SpaceX. 29 August 05:22 [121] [122] [123] Ceres-1S: Y3 Dong Fang Hang Tian Gang platform, Yellow Sea: Galactic Energy: Yunyao-1 15-17 CGSTL