Lucky Lady II begins nonstop global flight
From Carswell Air Force Base in Fort Worth Texas the Lucky Lady II a B-50 Superfortress takes off on the first nonstop round-the-world flight.Under the command of Captain James Gallagher and featuring a crew of 14 men the aircraft averaged 249 miles per hour on its 23452-mile trek.The Lucky Lady II was refueled four times in the air by B-29 tanker planes and on March 2 returned to the United States after 94 hours in the air.In December 1986 Voyager a lightweight propeller plane constructed mainly of plastic landed at Edwards Air Force Base in Muroc California having completed the first global flight without refueling.
