Lucky Lady II (46-0010, below) being refuelled by a KB-29M (above)
Type
Boeing B-50A-5-BO Superfortress[1]
Construction number
15730
Serial
46-0010
Owners and operators
United States Air Force
In service
1948–1950
Fate
Badly damaged in accident – fuselage preserved
Preserved at
Planes of Fame Museum in Chino, California
Lucky Lady II is a United States Air Force Boeing B-50 Superfortress that became the first airplane to circle the world nonstop. Its 1949 journey, assisted by in-flight refueling, lasted 94 hours and 1 minute.
LuckyLadyII is a United States Air Force Boeing B-50 Superfortress that became the first airplane to circle the world nonstop. Its 1949 journey, assisted...
non-stop aerial circumnavigation of the planet was flown in 1949 by LuckyLadyII, a United States Air Force Boeing B-50 Superfortress. Since the development...
1949, a B-50 Superfortress (developed from the famed B-29) and named LuckyLadyII took off from Carswell for the first nonstop flight around the world...
States Air Force) 94 hours and 1 minute 1949 1949 B-50 Superfortress LuckyLadyII first aircraft to circle globe non-stop with four in-air refuelings...
Boeing B-50 Superfortress (developed from the famed B-29) and named LuckyLadyII took off from Carswell for the first nonstop flight around the world...
August 1949. In 1949, the United States Air Force B-50 Superfortress LuckyLadyII made the first non-stop aerial circumnavigation in 94 hours and 1 minute...
Alameda. February 26 – Replacing Global Queen, the B-50A Superfortress LuckyLadyII of the U.S. Air Force's 43rd Bombardment Group takes off from Carswell...
original on April 2, 2011. Retrieved April 17, 2010. For example, the LuckyLadyII made an around the world flight from February 26, 1949, to March 2,...
his crew refuelled inflight four times in Boeing B-50A Superfortress LuckyLadyII while flying around the world, to return to where they started at Carswell...
seizes Yogyakarta from the Dutch. March 2 – The B-50 Superfortress LuckyLadyII (under Captain James Gallagher) lands in Fort Worth, Texas, United States...
garners national media attention. March 2 – The B-50 Superfortress LuckyLadyII under Captain James Gallagher lands in Fort Worth, Texas, after completing...
Guinea. 1949 – Captain James Gallagher lands his B-50 Superfortress LuckyLadyII in Fort Worth, Texas, after completing the first non-stop around-the-world...
of the aircraft investigation. On 2 March 1949, a wing B-50A, the "LuckyLadyII", commanded by Capt. James Gallagher, completed the first nonstop, around-the-world...
flight around the world (26 February-2 March 1949), accomplished in "LuckyLadyII", a B-50A Superfortress (AF Ser. No. 46–0010) commanded by Capt James...
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feature of the same name, premiered on NBC. The B-50 SuperFortress LuckyLadyII landed at Fort Worth, Texas 94 hours and 1 minute after takeoff to complete...
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completed the around-the-world flight were awarded the Mackay Trophy. LuckyLadyII – the first non-stop around-the-world flight, 1949 Operation Power Flite...
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