Summary

John Macready and Oakley Kelly make first nonstop coast-to-coast flight across the US in 1923

Source Sherman Grinberg
Newsreel Pathe
Negative # 25134
Clip SR002568_01_13mov
Date 05/02/2023
Title John Macready and Oakley Kelly make first nonstop coast-to-coast flight across the US in 1923
Description WS ground crew pumps gasoline into Fokker T-2 airplane at Roosevelt Field on Long Island, New York, on May 2, 1923 / aviators Oakley Kelly (in shirt sleeves) and John Macready (in flight gear, smoking a cigarette) shake hands in front of their plane / Macready boards plane as people look on / plane comes in for landing at Rockwell Field in San Diego, CA, on May 3 / plane approaches, taxiing on field; inscription on side reads Army Air Service Non Stop Coast to Coast
Personality Oakley Kelly, John Macready
Country United States
Province/State New York
City Mineola

Keywords

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Roosevelt Field
Long Island
Rockwell Field
San Diego
landings
California
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