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The B-50 Lucky Lady II: First Non-Stop Flight Around the World

As the Cold War slowly began, the US longed to show the USSR that no matter where the Soviets hid, US bombers would be there to retaliate if need be. This ambition proved a perfect opportunity for the ...
Flying

Around the World in 94 Hours

I’m going to Chino, California. I’m not sure when, but I’m going. Here’s why. Exactly 65 years ago to the minute, a Boeing B-50 Superfortress named Lucky Lady II was rumbling high over the ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram

This historic around-the-world flight began and ended at Fort Worth’s Carswell AFB

The 8th Air Force B-50 bomber Lucky Lady II after landing at Carswell Air Force Base upon completing its non-stop around-the-world flight in 1949. Courtesy Fort Worth Star-Telegram Photograph ...
UPI

Mid-air refueling aids history-making flight

FORT WORTH -- "Lucky Lady II," a United States Air Force B50 bomber, Wednesday completed the first non-stop around-the-world flight in history. Ninety-four hours and one minute after she took off from ...
Time

ARMED FORCES: Nothing to It

It was a cold, raw day with a dirty overcast sulking overhead. No more than a dozen Air Force men were on hand to watch the big B50 lift slowly up from the Carswell Air Force Base, head northeast ...