"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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I've just finished reading the tale of the first round trip coast-to-
coast flight (which was accomplished by mid-air refueling,
occasionally from milk cans) from Spokane, WA to the east coast and
back, way back in 1929. They flew a distance of 10,000 miles (they
circled over airports whilst refueling) without landing. A
fascinating story, printed in a terrific magazine, "Aviation History".


A coast-to-coast flight originating from Spokane? Spokane is in eastern
Washington, not far from the Idaho border. Must be nearly 400 miles from
the Pacific coast.