February 28th 1947 – U. S. Army Air Forces Captain Robert E. Thacker (pilot) and Lieutenant John M. Ard (co-pilot) took to the skies in the North American P-82 B Twin Mustang fighter Betty Jo on a single flight breaking records for both the longest nonstop flight without aerial refuelling by a fighter aircraft, approximately 4,968 statute miles from Hickam Field in Hawaii to La Guardia Field in New York City, and the fastest flight between Hawaii and New York City up to that time, 14 hours 31 min 50 seconds at an average speed of 342 mph. The record remains unbroken as both the longest non-stop flight by a piston-engined fighter and the fastest Hawaii-to-New York City flight by a piston-engined aircraft in history.
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The Carrera marble quarry. For a scale look for the humans.