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Macready and Kelly with the T-2

Macready and Kelly shared the flying duties for the flight.

Macready and Kelly with the T-2

During the first nonstop transcontinental flight, Oakley Kelly handled the takeoff and John Macready the landing, and the pilots exchanged positions at the controls five times during the flight.

Credit: U.S. Air Force via National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution (SI 98-15780).

Date: 1923

Photo Number: SI 98-15780

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Macready and Kelly with the T-2

Macready and Kelly with the T-2