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Maughaus Dawn-Dusk Flight Across United States Coverage by St. Joseph News Press, July 19, 1923Entry/Object ID
AM9999.582.13067Scope and Content
Maughaus Dawn-Dusk Flight Across United States Coverage by St. Joseph News Press, July 19, 1923.. He re-fueled 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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