This Day in History:
May 26, 1929
A second-hand, rebuilt Ryan monoplane flown by ex-cowboy J. Kelly and former railway mechanic R. Robbins keeps going through a non-stop, aerial-refueling flight of 172 hr 32 min over Ft. Worth, TX. Kelly qualified as a pilot six weeks prior to the flight. During the flight the a/c is refueled fifteen times. The engine is reported to have seen 50,000 mi of service. The Kelly/Robbins flight beats the famous January Question Mark aerial refueling feat by 22 hr.
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