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Maughaus Dawn-Dusk Flight Across the United States Coverage by St. Joseph Gazette, June 24, 1964Entry/Object ID
AM9999.582.13068Scope and Content
Maughan Dawn-Dusk Flight Across the United States Coverage by St. Joseph Gazette, June 24, 1964. He refueled in St. Joseph
The first dawn-to-dusk flight across the U.S. was by Lt. Russell L. Maughan on June 23, 1924, from Mitchell Field, Long Island, N.Y., to San Francisco, Calif. The flight plan calculated four stops of 30 minutes each for refueling. McCook Field; Saint Joseph, Missouri; Cheyenne, Wyoming; and remote Salduro Siding, Utah, were selected as refueling points, following a recently established mail route.Lexicon
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