Justdroppedin
07-02-2022, 11:41 AM
doing some mid-air mechanical checkups during their 23-day-long flight without landing in 1930. Over the 23 days, food and fuel were delivered to them periodically by another by another airplane....
4 brothers, 2 were on this record plane and the other 2 piloted the refuel plane. The catwalks you see were specially built for this purpose, mid air refueling and repairing. 2 of the brothers would later die in a flight and 1 was a lifelong pilot.
https://i.redd.it/bos4ep6yvz891.jpg
4 brothers, 2 were on this record plane and the other 2 piloted the refuel plane. The catwalks you see were specially built for this purpose, mid air refueling and repairing. 2 of the brothers would later die in a flight and 1 was a lifelong pilot.
https://i.redd.it/bos4ep6yvz891.jpg