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The B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II landed in Fort Worth, Texas, to complete the first non-stop circumnavigation of the world by airplane.
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Boeing B-50 Superfortress
Piston-engined strategic bomber aircraft family, 1947
The Boeing B-50 Superfortress is a retired American strategic bomber. A post–World War II revision of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, it was fitted with more powerful Pratt & Whitney R-4360 radial engines, stronger structure, a taller tail fin, and other improvements. It was the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Lucky Lady II
US Boeing B-50 bomber aircraft
Lucky Lady II is a United States Air Force Boeing B-50 Superfortress that became the first airplane to circle the world nonstop. Its 1949 journey, assisted by in-flight refueling, lasted 94 hours and 1 minute.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Fort Worth, Texas
City in Texas, United States
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Circumnavigation
Complete navigation around the Earth
Circumnavigation is the complete navigation around an entire island, continent, or astronomical body. This article focuses on the circumnavigation of Earth.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)