Orig Photo 1949 LUCKY LADY II 1st Circumnavigation Airplane press conference For Sale

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Orig Photo 1949 LUCKY LADY II 1st Circumnavigation Airplane press conference:
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size: 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches approx
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TheLucky Lady IIwas a B-50 of the43rd Bombardment Group, equipped with 12 .50-caliber (12.7mm) machine guns. For its circumnavigation mission, a fuel tank was added in the bomb bay for extra range. The mission required a double crew with three pilots, under the command of Capt.James Gallagher. The crews rotated in shifts of four to six hours.[1][2]

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Bearing a total crew of 14, the aircraft started its round-the-world trip at 12:21p.m. on February 26, 1949. It took off fromCarswell Air Force BasenearFort Worth, Texas, and headed east toward theAtlantic Ocean.

After flying 23,452mi (37,742km), the aircraft passed the control tower back at Carswell on March 2 at 10:22am, marking the end of the circumnavigation, and landed there at 10:31a.m. after having been in the air for 94 hours and one minute, landing two minutes before the estimated time of arrival calculated at take-off.[1]

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