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Photographer: via Wikipedia
Taken: Unknown
Caption: 43rd Bombardment Wing Convair B-58 Hustler at the National Museum of the United States Air Force.
Additional Description: Convair B-58A-10-CF Hustler (59-2458). This aircraft set transcontinental speed record on 03/05/62 by flying nonstop from Los Angeles to New York and back again. First leg at average speed of 1214.71 mph; return leg at average speed of 1081.77 mph. Return leg was first transcontinental flight that moved across the country faster than the rotational speed of the earth. ("Chasing the Sun.") Crew awarded Bendix and Mackay Trophies. Now on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
Submitted: August 29, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.
Database Locator Identification Number: p675309
File Size: 0.215 Megabytes

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