P-51 Mustang Flight Record - Los Angeles To New York (1944)

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Channel: AIRBOYD · 2011 · Autos & Vehicles

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PLANES SPAN U.S. CONTINENT IN RECORD 6 1-2 HOURS

Narrator: Taking off from a California airport, two Mustang 
fighters of the American Army Air Force set out to break the coast-to-coast speed record. Flying 2,500 miles across the continent, at nearly 400 miles an hour, they land in New York six hours and 31 minutes out of Los Angeles.
First to alight is Colonel Peterson, who is greeted by his wife. Then Colonel Carter, pilot of the second plane, is welcomed. New York salutes the new speed kings of the Army Air Force.  

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