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busterb · 04-21-2005, 05:43 PM

Sorry I can't even get close on spelling of triv.
Anyway I saw a few post by prop heads here before. I didn't know this and might be of interest to others.
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The greatest record for sustained flight was set five years later in a Whirlwind-powered Curtiss Robin J-1 Deluxe named Ole Miss. After two unsuccessful attempts in 1934, brothers Fred and Algene Key took off from Meridian, Mississippi. on June 4, 1935, and landed again 27 days later. There to greet the exhausted fliers on the evening of July 1 were 35,000 wildly cheering spectators. The Key brothers’ total flight time was 653 hours and 34 minutes. Among the dangers they had faced were severe thunderstorms and an electrical fire.
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04-21-2005, 05:43 PM	#1
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	Aviation Triv. Sorry I can't even get close on spelling of triv. Anyway I saw a few post by prop heads here before. I didn't know this and might be of interest to others. Snip The greatest record for sustained flight was set five years later in a Whirlwind-powered Curtiss Robin J-1 Deluxe named Ole Miss. After two unsuccessful attempts in 1934, brothers Fred and Algene Key took off from Meridian, Mississippi. on June 4, 1935, and landed again 27 days later. There to greet the exhausted fliers on the evening of July 1 were 35,000 wildly cheering spectators. The Key brothers’ total flight time was 653 hours and 34 minutes. Among the dangers they had faced were severe thunderstorms and an electrical fire. Link here __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.