May 26, 1920 GAX twin-engine triplane armed with eight machine guns and 37mm cannon tested.
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May 26, 1923 Lt. H. G. Crocker used a DH-4B Liberty 400 to make a nonstop transcontinental South-North flight from Ellington Field, Texas, to Gordon, Ontario, in 11 hours and 55 minutes.
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May 26, 1948 The first Navaho research test vehicle launched successfully at the White Sands Proving Ground, N.M.
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May 26, 1961 A B-58 Hustler supersonic bomber from the 43rd Bombardment Wing sets a record flying from New York to Paris in three hours, 19 minutes, 41 seconds at an average speed of 1,302 mph.
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