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1957 Operation Power Flite...

Item # 693949 ·

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, January 18, 1957

  • Operation Power Flite
  • United States Air Force
  • Boeing B-52 Stratofortresses
  • Jet aircraft - airplanes (1st)

The front page has a banner heading: "U. S. A-Bombers Circle Globe Nonstop" (see) A small library stamp slight affects this headline.
Complete with 36 pages, light toning at the margins, small binding holes along the spine/1st column, mentioned library stamp, otherwise nice.

wikipedia notes: Operation Power Flite was a United States Air Force mission in which three Boeing B-52 Stratofortresses became the first jet aircraft to circle the world nonstop, when they made the journey in January 1957 in 45 hours and 19 minutes, using in-flight refueling to stay aloft. The mission was intended to demonstrate that the United States had the ability to drop a hydrogen bomb anywhere in the world.

Category: The 20th Century
Price
$42
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.