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He then flies on to New York to complete a full flight across the continent. Total flying time is nine hours, 10 minutes. “Jimmy” Doolittle wins the first Bendix Trophy transcontinental race, flying the Laird Super Solution from Los Angeles to Cleveland with an average speed of 223.058 mph. Air Corps Tactical School begins moving from Langley Field in Virginia to Maxwell Field in Alabama to take advantage of more propitious climate and facilities for expansion. The A-2 leather flight jacket is approved for production. Eaker had traveled 1,740 miles at an average speed of 237 mph, which, if he had been able to complete the flight, would have shattered the existing coast-to-coast speed mark. Taking off from Long Beach, Calif., Eaker gets as far as Tolu, Ky., before he has to make a forced landing in a field because of air in the fuel lines. Eaker attempts to set the transcontinental speed record in the Lockheed Y1C-17, a special version of the civilian Vega. Transcontinental commercial air service between New York and Los Angeles begins. Randolph Field, Tex., the “West Point of the Air,” is dedicated. She sits in the jumpseat of the Boeing Model 80A. Ellen Church, a registered nurse, becomes the world’s first airline stewardess as she serves sandwiches on a Boeing Air Transport flight between San Francisco and Cheyenne, Wyo. In another flight during 1930, she does 714 barrel rolls, setting a pair of records that few people have cared to challenge. Shortly afterward, she tries again and does 980. Laura Ingalls performs 344 consecutive loops. The P-12 pilots reach 30,000 feet, shattering the old record of 17,000 feet. Hugh Elmendorf, 19 pilots of the 95th Pursuit Squadron set an unofficial world record for altitude formation flying over Mather Field, Calif. Royce is awarded the 1930 Mackay Trophy for the flight.Īpril 12, 1930. Ralph Royce leads a mass flight of AAC pilots flying Curtiss P-1C Hawks from Selfridge Field, Mich., to Spokane, Wash., and back during severe winter weather to gain experience for flying in the Arctic.