Doolittle's First Transcontinental flight in a Single Day
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Doolittle was the first to make a transcontinental flight in a single day.
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Doolittle was the first to make a transcontinental flight in a single day. He took off from Pablo Beach, Florida, on September 4, 1922, made a refueling stop at Kelly Field near San Antonio, Texas, and landed at Rockwell Field near San Diego, California, after traveling 2,163 miles in 21 hours and 20 minutes.
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National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution (SI 81-876).
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SI 81-876
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1922
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