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Three Jets Break Cross Country Speed Record
Three Navy jet pilots from Flight Squadron 21 in Norfolk flew from San Diego to New York in 3 hours 45 minutes to 3 hours 46 minutes, fastest nonstop cross country by jets. Refueled near Hutchinson Kansas, planes cruised at 40 000 to 45 000 feet averaging 640 mph.
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New York
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Senate
Francis X. Brady
Virginia Beach
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Los Angeles
Floyd Bennett Field
John D.barrow
Wallace
Bud) Rich
Palo Alto
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Norfolk
Hutchinson
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National Aeronautics Association
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