Timeline for Why wasn't Saint-Exupéry able to cover more distance before his 1935 desert crash?
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| Oct 14, 2018 at 21:13 | comment | added | CrossRoads | The 332 mph/2490 miles refers to Howard Hughes' flights, in reference to the last question of the original post about any aircraft being able to make the flight. | |
| Oct 14, 2018 at 17:05 | comment | added | trejder | @CrossRoads I have a trouble understanding what are you talking about, maybe due to lack of link / cite. How can his course be 2490 files, if they crashed after 1950 mile flight? How can his average speed be 332 mph, if they flown 2000 miles in 20 hours so their average speed, as per my calculation, is around 100 mph. Are we talking about the same flight? | |
| Oct 12, 2018 at 12:41 | vote | accept | trejder | ||
| Oct 11, 2018 at 18:58 | history | edited | Steve V. | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 11, 2018 at 12:50 | answer | added | CrossRoads | timeline score: 6 | |
| Oct 11, 2018 at 12:25 | comment | added | CrossRoads | From the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum: His average speed over the 2,490-mile course was 332 mph, and this nonstop flight was truly an outstanding accomplishment. | |
| Oct 11, 2018 at 12:18 | comment | added | CrossRoads | And more: Hughes later implemented minor changes to the H-1 Racer to make it more suitable for a transcontinental speed record attempt. The most significant change was the fitting of a new, longer set of wings that gave the aircraft a lower wing loading. On January 19, 1937, a year and a half after his previous landplane speed record in the H-1, Hughes set a new transcontinental speed record by flying non-stop from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes and 25 seconds. | |
| Oct 11, 2018 at 11:41 | comment | added | CrossRoads | Wikipedia shows the 1935 speed record as much higher: 13 September 1935, Howard Hughes, 354.4 mph, 567.12 kmh, Hughes H-1 Racer landplane. I don't know what range it had tho. | |
| Oct 11, 2018 at 8:44 | history | asked | trejder | CC BY-SA 4.0 |