By Roy Braybrook, Sergey Skrunnikon, Leonid Yakutin
One of many greatest post-war air palms the area has ever identified, the previous army Aviation strength managed over 12,000 airplane unfold over Europe and Asia. The purple famous person embellished all demeanour of strive against kinds starting from the remarkable Tu-160 Blackjack via to the standard Be-12 Mail, and got here to symbolise the forefront of Soviet know-how.
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587 miles per hour. APRIL 16 During a practice flight, Lieutenants John A. Macready and Oakley G. Kelly pilot a Fokker T-2 to new world distance, payload, and endurance records of 2,516 miles in 36 hours and 4 minutes while carrying 10,800 pounds of supplies. APRIL 17 At Dayton, Ohio, Lieutenant Rutledge Irvine flies a Liberty enginepowered Douglas DT biplane to a Class C record of 11,609 feet. Concurrently, Lieutenant Harold R. 35 miles per hour over 1,500 kilometers while flying a Liberty 375-powered DH-4L.
Smith coaxes his Curtiss JN-4 down after successfully completing the first coast-to-coast flight from San Diego, California, by Army pilots. His was the only machine to complete the trip. , Major General Charles T. Menoher assumes office as director of the Air Service. J ANUARY 6 Four Army Curtiss JN-4H Jennies fly 4,000 miles during a crosscountry flight to select airfields for the forthcoming airmail service. J ANUARY 18 A Loening monoplane flown by Major Rudolph W. Schroeder and powered by a 300-horsepower Hispano engine reaches a record altitude of 19,500 feet.
S. Air Service. A PRIL 6 At Seattle, Washington, four Douglas World Cruisers christened Boston, Chicago, New Orleans, and Seattle depart on the first attempted round-theworld flight. This 26,350-mile mission is also the first transpacific flight and the first westbound crossing of the North Atlantic. APRIL 30 In Alaska, the Douglas World Cruiser named Seattle crashes into a mountainside, although the crew survives and is rescued. MAY 2 Over Dayton, Ohio, Lieutenants John A. Macready and Albert Stevens take an aerial photograph of the town, which covers 19 square miles; to do this, they make an unofficial altitude record in their LePere aircraft.