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May 1st to 3rd, 1976

A Pan Am Boeing 747 sets a round-the-world record.

Liberty Bell Express, a Boeing 747SP-21 named Clipper Liberty Bell, broke the commercial round-the-world record set by a Flying Tiger Line Boeing 707 with a new record of 46 hours, 50 seconds. The flight left New York-JFK on May 1, 1976, and returned on May 3. The flight stopped only in New Delhi and Tokyo, where a strike among the airport workers delayed it two hours. The flight beat the Flying Tiger Line’s record by 16 hours 24 minutes…..

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porsche930dude

05-01-2019 05:21 PM

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kach22i

05-02-2019 03:50 AM

Feb 2018
AMRDEC announces bell's V-280 joint multi-role tiltrotor flown by Army pilot
https://www.army.mil/article/200542/amrdec_announces_bells_v_280_joint_multi_role_tilt rotor_flown_by_army_pilot
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AMARILLO, Tex. -- Bell Helicopter's Air Vehicle Concept Demonstrator aircraft, funded under the Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstration program, was flown for the first time by an Army pilot Feb. 7. .......................

Four agreements were awarded under the JMR TD to AVX Aircraft, Bell Helicopter, Karem Aircraft, and a team of Sikorsky-Boeing for initial designs with the Bell and Sikorsky-Boeing efforts funded to build and fly technology demonstrator aircraft.

Jan 2019
Record performance for V280 Valor
https://www.helicopter-industry.com/2019/01/30/record-performance-for-v280-valor/
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Purpose-built to conduct long range assault at twice the speed and range of existing medium lift helicopters.........

kach22i

05-02-2019 03:56 AM

Dec 2018
Here’s the first look at the Sikorsky-Boeing Defiant helicopter
https://www.defensenews.com/land/2018/12/26/heres-the-first-look-at-the-sikorsky-boeing-defiant-helicopter/
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March 2018
Sikorsky Flies Triple Threat For FVL: Light, Medium, & Robot
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/03/sikorsky-flies-triple-threat-for-fvl-light-medium-robot/
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CRYSTAL CITY: This is the year Sikorsky catches up on the Future Vertical Lift program, company executives told reporters Monday. Yes, last year arch-rival Bell Helicopter was first to fly its entry in the Joint Multi-Role flight demonstration, the official lead-in to FVL. But this year Sikorsky will fly not one but three different aircraft showcasing FVL technologies:.....................

Sikorsky has experimented with “click and fly” software, installed on an ordinary tablet, that allows even an untrained operator to direct the helicopter as if it were an Uber.

Racerbvd

05-02-2019 07:37 AM

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GG Allin

05-03-2019 06:23 AM

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Jolly Amaranto

05-03-2019 07:43 AM

Before they changed the name it was Trans Texas Airways. We always called it Tree Top Airways when I would fly it on business trips from Houston to Baton Rouge.
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kach22i

05-03-2019 08:26 AM

Porsche 356A 1600 Speedster 1956 – SPRZEDANE
Porsche 356A 1600 Speedster 1956 - SPRZEDANE - GieBda klasykÃ³w
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*Painted Aquamarine Blue Metallic from the factory

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A superb example of one of the most iconic and desirable sports cars ever produced, this Speedster naturally claimed a First in Class Award at the 2016 Hilton Head Island Concours d’Elegance.

kach22i

05-03-2019 08:32 AM

Porsche 356A 1600 Speedster 1956 - SPRZEDANE - GieBda klasykÃ³w
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