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Albert Francis Hegenberger
Albert Francis Hegenberger (September 30, 1895 – August 31, 1983) was a major general in the United States Air Force and a pioneering aviator who set a flight distance record with Lester J. Maitland, completing the first transpacific flight to Hawaii in 1927 as navigator of the ''Bird of Paradise''.
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Aviation lists
The following lists relate to Aviation.
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Bede BD-2
The Bede BD-2 was an American experimental powered sailplane designed by Jim Bede to attempt an unrefuelled round-the-world flight.
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Bristol Pegasus
The Bristol Pegasus is a British nine-cylinder, single-row, air-cooled radial aero engine.
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Dick Rutan
Richard Glenn "Dick" Rutan (born July 1, 1938) is a retired United States Air Force pilot and record-breaking aviator who piloted the Voyager aircraft around the world non-stop with co-pilot Jeana Yeager.
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Fairey Long-range Monoplane
The Fairey Long-range Monoplanes were a pair of British experimental aircraft of the late-1920s and early 1930s.
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Fédération Aéronautique Internationale
The Fédération aéronautique internationale (FAI; The World Air Sports Federation), is the world governing body for air sports.
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Fernic T-9
The Fernic T-9, also called the Fernic F.T.9, (Fernic Tandem model 9) is an early three surface aircraft, having two lifting wings in tandem as well as a conventional tailplane.
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Flight length
In aviation, the flight length is defined as the distance of a flight.
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Flight record
Flight record may refer to.
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Gasuden Koken
The Gasuden Koken (also known as the) was a Japanese long-range research aircraft of the 1930s.
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Hawker Horsley
The Hawker Horsley was a British single-engined biplane bomber of the 1920s.
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Hector Gray
Hector Bertram Gray (6 June 1911 – 18 December 1943) was an officer of the Royal Air Force, and a member of the British Army Aid Group, who was posthumously awarded the George Cross for "most conspicuous gallantry" in resisting torture after the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong in 1941.
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HMS Deptford (U53)
HMS Deptford was a sloop of the British Royal Navy.
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Jeana Yeager
Jeana Lee Yeager is an American aviator.
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Karl Ingold
Karl Ingold was a record setting pioneer aviator.
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Longest flights
Over time, different airline companies have established a number of ultra-long haul non-stop flights.
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Max Taitz
Max Taitz (1904-1980) — scientist, engineer, one of the founders of the Gromov Flight Research Institute (1941), doctor of technical science, professor, recipient of the Stalin Prize (1949 and 1953), Honoured Scientist of the RSFSR (1961).
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Mikhail Gromov (military)
Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gromov (Михаи́л Миха́йлович Гро́мов; 23 February 1899 – 22 January 1985) a Russian and Soviet military aviator, test pilot and researcher, Hero of the Soviet Union.
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Quickie Free Enterprise
The Quickie Aircraft Corporation Free Enterprise (also known as the Big Bird) was an American experimental long-range aircraft of the 1980s, designed to attempt the first unrefuelled flight round-the world flight.
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Range (aeronautics)
The maximal total range is the maximum distance an aircraft can fly between takeoff and landing, as limited by fuel capacity in powered aircraft, or cross-country speed and environmental conditions in unpowered aircraft.
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Roderick Carr
Air Marshal Sir Charles Roderick Carr (31 August 1891 – 15 December 1971) was a senior Royal Air Force commander from New Zealand.
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Vickers Wellesley
The Vickers Wellesley was a British 1930s light bomber built by Vickers-Armstrongs at Brooklands near Weybridge, Surrey, for the Royal Air Force.
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Westray to Papa Westray flight
The Loganair Westray to Papa Westray route is the shortest scheduled passenger flight in the world.
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1927 in aviation
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1927.
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1945 Japan–Washington flight
The 1945 Japan–Washington flight was a record-breaking air voyage made by three specially modified Boeing B-29 Superfortresses on September 18–19, 1945, from the northern Japanese island of Hokkaidō to Chicago in the Midwestern United States, continuing to Washington, D.C. The flight was made by three United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) generals and other airmen returning to the United States from their overseas duty after World War II.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_distance_record
