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Macready and Kelly with the T-2

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Macready and Kelly shared the flying duties for the flight.

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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.

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

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SI 98-15780
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1923
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