Transcontinental air speed record

In-flight and on-ground time are counted after the earliest flights

Year	Date	Time	Direction	Pilot	Aircraft	Notes and reference
1911	September 17, 1911	3 days, 10 hours and 14 minutes in air time	East to West	Calbraith Perry Rodgers Calbraith Perry Rodgers Calbraith Perry Rodgers was an American pioneer aviator. He made the first transcontinental airplane flight across the U.S. from September 17, 1911 to November 5, 1911, with dozens of stops, both intentional and accidental...	Wright biplane	The first transcontinental flight. It took fifty days (3 days 10 hours 14 minutes actual flying time). Rodgers made it in some seventy hops, flying a Wright biplane which was damaged and repaired so many times en route that nothing remained of the original machine at the finish but the drip pan and the vertical rudder.
1919	October 11, 1919	3 days, 3 hours, 5 minutes http://www.newsobserver.com/543/story/267370.html	East to West	Belvin W. Maynard	DH-4	On the first leg of the "Transcontinental Air Race of 1919" which saw 33 planes cross the U.S. with 8 completing the round-trip (out of 67 which began the trip). Nine deaths occurred during what was officially the U.S. Army's "Transcontinental Reliability and Endurance Test"
1922	September 4, 1922	21 hours 19 minutes	East to West	Jimmy Doolittle Jimmy Doolittle General James Harold "Jimmy" Doolittle, USAF was an American aviation pioneer. Doolittle served as a brigadier general, major general and lieutenant general in the United States Army Air Forces during the Second World War...	DH-4	Flew from Pablo Beach, Florida, to San Diego, California San Diego, California San Diego is the eighth-largest city in the United States and second-largest city in California. The city is located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California, immediately adjacent to the Mexican border. The birthplace of California, San Diego is known for its mild year-round... , with only one refueling stop http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Explorers_Record_Setters_and_Daredevils/doolittle/EX18.htm
1923	May 2–3, 1923	26 hours 50 minutes 38 seconds	East to West	Lt John A. Macready and Lt Oakley G. Kelly Oakley G. Kelly Oakley George Kelly was a record setting pilot for the United States Army Air Service.-Biography:He was born on December 3, 1891 in Pennsylvania.In May 1922, Lieutenant Oakley G...	Fokker T-2	First nonstop transcontinental flight: Roosevelt Field, Long Island to Rockwell Field, North Island, San Diego. Longest straight-line distance covered nonstop until then
1924	June 23, 1924	20 hours, 48 minutes	East to West	Russell Maughan Russell Maughan Russell Lowell Maughan was a pioneer aviator and U.S. military pilot. His career spanned a period in which the Air Force, then part of the U.S. Army, was known as the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps; U.S. Air Service; U.S. Army Air Corps; and U.S. Army Air Forces. Maughan was born March 28,...	P-1 Hawk	First transcontinental flight "during hours of daylight". See also: Dawn-to-dusk transcontinental flight across the United States, New York City New York City New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and... to San Francisco, average speed 128 miles per hour
1929	February 4, 1929	18 hours, 22 minutes	West to East	Frank Hawks Frank Hawks Frank Monroe Hawks served in the U.S. Army in World War I and was known during the 1920s and 1930s as a record breaking aviator, using a series of Texaco-sponsored aircraft, setting 214 point-to-point records in the United States and Europe...	Lockheed Air Express	Los Angeles Los Ángeles Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants... to New York City New York City New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and... with mechanic Oscar Grubb
1929		18 hours and 43 minutes	East to West	Roscoe Turner Roscoe Turner Roscoe Turner was an aviator who was a three time winner of the Thompson Trophy.-Background:Turner was born in Corinth, Mississippi, the eldest son of a poor but respectable farmer. He came to realize that he did not want to be a farmer and found that he was attracted to mechanical devices instead...	Lockheed Air Express	New York City New York City New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and... to Los Angeles Los Ángeles Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants... with 3 passengers.
1929	June 27, 1929	18 hours and 10 minutes	East to West	Frank Hawks Frank Hawks Frank Monroe Hawks served in the U.S. Army in World War I and was known during the 1920s and 1930s as a record breaking aviator, using a series of Texaco-sponsored aircraft, setting 214 point-to-point records in the United States and Europe...	Lockheed Air Express	New York City New York City New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and... to Los Angeles Los Ángeles Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
1929	June 28, 1929	17 hours and 36 minutes	West to East	Frank Hawks Frank Hawks Frank Monroe Hawks served in the U.S. Army in World War I and was known during the 1920s and 1930s as a record breaking aviator, using a series of Texaco-sponsored aircraft, setting 214 point-to-point records in the United States and Europe...	Lockheed Air Express	Los Angeles Los Ángeles Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants... to New York City New York City New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
1930	April 20, 1930	14 hours and 45 minutes	West to East	Charles A. Lindbergh		Los Angeles Los Ángeles Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants... to New York City New York City New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and... . "Behind the name of Captain Frank M. Hawks, in aviation's record book today is set down the time of 12 hours, 25 minutes, 3 seconds for an eastward transcontinental flight, the fastest ever flown by man over the distance of 2,500 miles. It is farther by more than two hours the time made Easter Sunday by Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh. Their record was 14 hours and 45 minutes." Source: Newark Advocate, Newark, Ohio Newark, Ohio In addition, the remains of a road leading south from the Octagon have been documented and explored. It was first surveyed in the 19th century, when its walls were more apparent. Called the Great Hopewell Road, it may extend to the Hopewell complex at Chillicothe, Ohio... , August 15, 1930; Valley Stream, New York Valley Stream, New York Valley Stream is a village in Nassau County, New York in the United States. The population in the village of Valley Stream was 37,511 at the 2010 census... ; August 14, 1930 (Associated Press Associated Press The Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists... )
1930	Aug 13, 1930	12 hours, 25 minutes	West to East	Frank Hawks Frank Hawks Frank Monroe Hawks served in the U.S. Army in World War I and was known during the 1920s and 1930s as a record breaking aviator, using a series of Texaco-sponsored aircraft, setting 214 point-to-point records in the United States and Europe...	Travel Air Travel Air The Travel Air Manufacturing Company was an aircraft manufacturer established in Wichita, Kansas in the United States in January 1925 by Clyde Cessna, Walter Beech, and Lloyd Stearman.-Company history:... "Mystery S"	Los Angeles Los Ángeles Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants... to New York City New York City New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and... . "Behind the name of Captain Frank M. Hawks, in aviation's record book today is set down the time of 12 hours, 25 minutes, 3 seconds for an eastward transcontinental flight, the fastest ever flown by man over the distance of 2,500 miles. It is farther by more than two hours the time made Easter Sunday by Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh. Their record was 14 hours and 45 minutes." Source: Newark Advocate, Newark, Ohio Newark, Ohio In addition, the remains of a road leading south from the Octagon have been documented and explored. It was first surveyed in the 19th century, when its walls were more apparent. Called the Great Hopewell Road, it may extend to the Hopewell complex at Chillicothe, Ohio... , August 15, 1930; Valley Stream, New York Valley Stream, New York Valley Stream is a village in Nassau County, New York in the United States. The population in the village of Valley Stream was 37,511 at the 2010 census... ; August 14, 1930 (Associated Press Associated Press The Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists... )
1930	November 14, 1930	12 hours, 33 minutes	East to West	Roscoe Turner Roscoe Turner Roscoe Turner was an aviator who was a three time winner of the Thompson Trophy.-Background:Turner was born in Corinth, Mississippi, the eldest son of a poor but respectable farmer. He came to realize that he did not want to be a farmer and found that he was attracted to mechanical devices instead...	Vega Lockheed Vega \|-See also:-References:NotesCitationsBibliography* Allen, Richard Sanders. Revolution in the Sky: Those Fabulous Lockheeds, The Pilots Who Flew Them. Brattleboro, Vermont: The Stephen Greene Press, 1964....	New York City New York City New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and... to Burbank, California Burbank, California Burbank is a city in Los Angeles County in Southern California, United States, north of downtown Los Angeles. The estimated population in 2010 was 103,340.... . He set the East-West transcontinental airspeed record at 12 hours and 33 minutes. Turner bettered by two hours and 17 minutes the former mark set by Frank Hawks.
1931	September 4, 1931	11 hours, 16 minutes, 10 seconds	West to East	Jimmy Doolittle Jimmy Doolittle General James Harold "Jimmy" Doolittle, USAF was an American aviation pioneer. Doolittle served as a brigadier general, major general and lieutenant general in the United States Army Air Forces during the Second World War...	1931 Laird “Super Solution”	Completed for a bonus prize after winning the inaugural Bendix Trophy Bendix trophy The Bendix Trophy is a U.S. aeronautical racing trophy. The transcontinental, point-to-point race, sponsored by industrialist Vincent Bendix founder of Bendix Corporation, began in 1931 as part of the National Air Races. Initial prize money for the winners was $15,000... race, Los Angeles to Newark Newark, New Jersey Newark is the largest city in the American state of New Jersey, and the seat of Essex County. As of the 2010 United States Census, Newark had a population of 277,140, maintaining its status as the largest municipality in New Jersey. It is the 68th largest city in the U.S... , averaged 217 miles per hour http://www.airventuremuseum.org/collection/aircraft/Laird%20Super%20Solution%20Replica.asp
1932	August 29, 1932	10 hours, 19 minutes	West to East	Jim Haizlip	WW 44 Wedell-Williams Model 44 - External links :* - Louisiana State Museum-See also:-References:Notes...	Completed after winning the 2nd annual Bendix Trophy Bendix trophy The Bendix Trophy is a U.S. aeronautical racing trophy. The transcontinental, point-to-point race, sponsored by industrialist Vincent Bendix founder of Bendix Corporation, began in 1931 as part of the National Air Races. Initial prize money for the winners was $15,000... race.http://lsm.crt.state.la.us/aviation/wedell2.htm
1936	January 13, 1936	9 hours and 27 minutes	West to East	Howard Hughes Howard Hughes Howard Robard Hughes, Jr. was an American business magnate, investor, aviator, engineer, film producer, director, and philanthropist. He was one of the wealthiest people in the world...	Northrop Gamma Northrop Gamma -See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Eden, Paul and Soph Moeng. The Complete Encyclopedia of World Aircraft. London: Amber Books Ltd., 2002. ISBN 0-7607-3432-1....	Burbank, California Burbank, California Burbank is a city in Los Angeles County in Southern California, United States, north of downtown Los Angeles. The estimated population in 2010 was 103,340.... to Newark, New Jersey Newark, New Jersey Newark is the largest city in the American state of New Jersey, and the seat of Essex County. As of the 2010 United States Census, Newark had a population of 277,140, maintaining its status as the largest municipality in New Jersey. It is the 68th largest city in the U.S... . Hughes took off from Burbank, California, on January 13, 1936, en route to Newark, New Jersey, and a new cross-country record. He made the flight in 9 hours, 27 minutes, 10 seconds, and bettered Roscoe Turner's previous mark by 36 minutes. http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Explorers_Record_Setters_and_Daredevils/Hughes/EX28.htm
1937	January 19, 1937	7 hours 28 minutes 25 seconds	West to East	Howard Hughes Howard Hughes Howard Robard Hughes, Jr. was an American business magnate, investor, aviator, engineer, film producer, director, and philanthropist. He was one of the wealthiest people in the world...	Hughes H-1 Racer Hughes H-1 Racer The Hughes H-1 was a racing aircraft built by Hughes Aircraft in 1935. It set a world airspeed record and a transcontinental speed record across the United States...	nonstop Burbank, California Burbank, California Burbank is a city in Los Angeles County in Southern California, United States, north of downtown Los Angeles. The estimated population in 2010 was 103,340.... to overhead Newark Airport, New Jersey
1939	February 11, 1939	7 hours and ? minutes	West to East	Benjamin S. Kelsey Benjamin S. Kelsey Benjamin Scovill "Ben" Kelsey was an American aeronautical engineer and test pilot who brought success in World War II to the United States Army Air Forces by initiating the manufacture of innovative fighter aircraft designs, and by working to quickly increase American fighter production to meet...	XP-38	7 hr 43 min March Field, California California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area... to overhead Mitchel Field, New York including 41 min on ground at Amarillo and Dayton
1945	January 9, 1945	6 hours 4 minutes	West to East	Curtin L. Reinhardt	C-97 Stratofreighter C-97 Stratofreighter The Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter was a long range heavy military cargo aircraft based on the B-29 bomber. Design work began in 1942, with the prototype's first flight being on 9 November 1944, and the first production aircraft entered service in 1947. Between 1947 and 1958, 888 C-97s in several...	Seattle to Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution.... , average speed 383 mph http://www.boeing.com/history/chronology/chron06.html
1945	December 1945	5 hours and 17 minutes	West to East	Glen Edwards Glen Edwards (pilot) Glen Edwards was a test pilot for the U.S. Air Force, and is the namesake of Edwards Air Force Base.Edwards was born in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, where he lived until 1931. At age 13, his parents moved the family to California, settling in Lincoln, northeast of Sacramento... and Lt. Col. Henry E. Warden	XB-42 Mixmaster XB-42 Mixmaster \|-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Francillon, René J. McDonnell Douglas Aircraft since 1920. London: Putnam, 1979. ISBN 0-370-00050-1.* O'Leary, Michael, ed. "Elegant Failure." America's Forgotten Wings, Volume 1, 1994, pp. 4–11....	In December 1945, Captain Glen Edwards and Lt. Col. Henry E. Warden set a new transcontinental speed record when they flew the XB-42 from Long Beach, California to Bolling Air Force Base in Washington DC (c. 2,300 miles) and in just 5 hours, 17 minutes, the XB-42 set a speed record of 433.6 mph (697.8 km/h).
1945	December 1945	5 hours 27 minutes 8 seconds	West to East	Col C. S. Irvine	Boeing B-29	Burbank, California to overhead Floyd Bennett Field, New York; average 450 miles/hour
1946	January 26, 1946	4 hours 13 minutes 26 seconds	West to East	Col W. H. Councill	Lockheed P-80	Long Beach, California to overhead La Guardia Airport, New York; nonstop, unrefuelled
1949	February 8, 1949	3 hours 46 minutes	West to East		B-47 Stratojet B-47 Stratojet The Boeing Model 450 B-47 Stratojet was a long-range, six-engined, jet-powered medium bomber built to fly at high subsonic speeds and at high altitudes. It was primarily designed to drop nuclear bombs on the Soviet Union...	Larson AFB, Moses Lake, Washington to Andrews AFB near Washington DC, 607.8 mph average http://www.boeing.com/history/chronology/chron07.html
1954	January 2, 1954	4 hours 8 minutes 5 seconds	West to East	Col Willard Millikan	North American F-86F	Los Angeles LAX to overhead New York Floyd Bennett; time includes stop for fuel at Offutt AFB
1954	March 30, 1954	4 hours 24 minutes 17 seconds	West to East	Joe DeBona	North American P-51C	Los Angeles LAX nonstop to New York Idlewild—still the prop record (560 mph)
1955	March 9, 1955	3 hours 46 minutes 33.6 seconds	West to East	Lt Col Robert Scott	Republic F-84F	Los Angeles LAX to overhead New York Floyd Bennett; two aerial refuelings
1957	March 23, 1957	3 hr 39 min 24 sec	West to East		Douglas A3D?	Burbank CA to overhead Miami MCAS, FL
1957	May 19, 1957	3 hr 38 min	West to East		N American F-100F	Palmdale CA to McGuire AFB, NJ
1957	July 16, 1957	3 hours, 23 minutes, and 8.4 seconds	West to East	Major Major Major is a rank of commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every military in the world.When used unhyphenated, in conjunction with no other indicator of rank, the term refers to the rank just senior to that of an Army captain and just below the rank of lieutenant colonel. ... John H. Glenn, Jr. John Glenn John Herschel Glenn, Jr. is a former United States Marine Corps pilot, astronaut, and United States senator who was the first American to orbit the Earth and the third American in space. Glenn was a Marine Corps fighter pilot before joining NASA's Mercury program as a member of NASA's original... , USMC United States Marine Corps The United States Marine Corps is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for providing power projection from the sea, using the mobility of the United States Navy to deliver combined-arms task forces rapidly. It is one of seven uniformed services of the United States...	Vought F8U-1 Crusader F-8 Crusader The Vought F-8 Crusader was a single-engine, supersonic, carrier-based air superiority jet aircraft built by Vought for the United States Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps, replacing the Vought F7U Cutlass...	"Project Bullet" non-stop flight from NAS Los Alamitos, California Los Alamitos Army Airfield Los Alamitos Army Airfield is a military airport located one mile southeast of central Los Alamitos, and within its city limits, in Orange County, California, USA.- Facilities :Los Alamitos Army Airfield has two runways:... to Floyd Bennett Field, New York Floyd Bennett Field Floyd Bennett Field is New York City's first municipal airport. While no longer used as an operational commercial, military or general aviation airfield, the New York Police Department still flies its helicopters from its heliport base there... , with an average speed for the flight of Mach Mach number Mach number is the speed of an object moving through air, or any other fluid substance, divided by the speed of sound as it is in that substance for its particular physical conditions, including those of temperature and pressure... 1.1, despite three in-flight refuelings Aerial refueling Aerial refueling, also called air refueling, in-flight refueling , air-to-air refueling or tanking, is the process of transferring fuel from one aircraft to another during flight.... during which speeds dropped below 300 mph. Glenn's on-board reconnaissance Aerial reconnaissance Aerial reconnaissance is reconnaissance that is conducted using unmanned aerial vehicles or reconnaissance aircraft. Their roles are to collect imagery intelligence, signals intelligence and measurement and signature intelligence... camera recorded the first continuous transcontinental panoramic photograph Panoramic photography Panoramic photography is a technique of photography, using specialized equipment or software, that captures images with elongated fields of view. It is sometimes known as wide format photography. The term has also been applied to a photograph that is cropped to a relatively wide aspect ratio... of the United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... .
1957	November 27, 1957	3 hours, 7 minutes	West to East	Lieutenant Lieutenant A lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer in many nations' armed forces. Typically, the rank of lieutenant in naval usage, while still a junior officer rank, is senior to the army rank... Gustav Klatt	F-101 Voodoo F-101 Voodoo The McDonnell F-101 Voodoo was a supersonic military jet fighter which served the United States Air Force and the Royal Canadian Air Force...	"Operation Sun Run" with 4 RF-101Cs using in-air refueling; Ontario, California to overhead Floyd Bennett Field, New York, 781.7 mph West to East leg, 721.8 mph roundtrip average http://www.boeing.com/history/chronology/chron09.html http://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/systems/rf-101.htm
1961	May 24, 1961	2 hours 47 minutes 18 seconds	West to East		McDonnell F4H	Ontario, California to overhead Floyd Bennett Field, New York; three aerial refuellings
1962	March 5, 1962	2 hours 1 minute 39 seconds	West to East		Convair B-58	overhead Los Angeles to overhead New York; one aerial refuelling
1990	March 6, 1990	64 minutes	West to East	Ed and Joseph T. Vida	SR-71 Blackbird SR-71 Blackbird The Lockheed SR-71 "Blackbird" was an advanced, long-range, Mach 3+ strategic reconnaissance aircraft. It was developed as a black project from the Lockheed A-12 reconnaissance aircraft in the 1960s by the Lockheed Skunk Works. Clarence "Kelly" Johnson was responsible for many of the...	Flying to museum at retirement of the aircraft, Los Angeles to Virginia's coast, average speed 2,124 mph (3,418 km/h)http://www.sr-71.org/blackbird/records.php

Junior transcontinental air speed record

For the junior record only in-flight time is counted at a certain speed

Year	Date	Time	Pilot	Aircraft	Reference
1928			Richard James (aviator) Richard James (aviator) Richard James set the junior transcontinental air speed record in 1928. He completed the flight on December 15, 1928, arriving in San Francisco. He had left from New York. The elapsed flying time was 48 hours, spread over one month. His record stood till 1930, when it was broken by Frank...	Travel Air Travel Air The Travel Air Manufacturing Company was an aircraft manufacturer established in Wichita, Kansas in the United States in January 1925 by Clyde Cessna, Walter Beech, and Lloyd Stearman.-Company history:...	Previous "record" of 48 hours, set last year by 18-year-old Richard James, was spread over a month elapsed time.http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,752559,00.html
1930	October 4, 1930	East to West in 23 hours and 47 minutes	Robert Nietzel Buck Robert Nietzel Buck Robert Nietzel Buck broke the junior transcontinental air speed record in 1930 and for a time was the youngest licensed pilot in the United States.-Biography:...	PA-6 Pitcairn Mailwing	On October 4, 1930 Robert beat the junior transcontinental air speed record of Eddie August Schneider in his PA-6 Pitcairn Mailwing he named "Yankee Clipper". His time was 23 hours, and 47 minutes of elapsed flying time. Robert said on February 6, 2005: "I was the youngest to fly coast to coast and that record still stands. I had my license at 16 and after that, they raised the minimum age to 17. With that change, no one could break my record."
1930	August 18, 1930	East to West in 29 hours and 55 minutes	Eddie August Schneider Eddie August Schneider Eddie August Henry Schneider set three transcontinental airspeed records for pilots under the age of twenty-one in 1930. His plane was a Cessna Model AW with a Warner-Scarab engine, one of only 48 built, that he called "The Kangaroo". He set the east-to-west, then the west-to-east, and the...	Cessna Cessna The Cessna Aircraft Company is an airplane manufacturing corporation headquartered in Wichita, Kansas, USA. Their main products are general aviation aircraft. Although they are the most well known for their small, piston-powered aircraft, they also produce business jets. The company is a subsidiary...	Leaving from Westfield, New Jersey Westfield, New Jersey Westfield is a town in Union County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the town population was 30,316. The old village area, now the downtown district, was settled in 1720 as part of the Elizabethtown Tract.... on August 14, 1930 to Los Angeles, California Los Angeles, California Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California... in 4 days with a combined flying time of 29 hours and 55 minutes. He lowered the East to West record by 4 hours and 22 minutes. He then made the return trip from Los Angeles to Roosevelt Field, New York in 27 hours and 19 minutes, lowering the West to East record by 1 hour and 36 minutes. His total elapsed time for the round trip was 57 hours and 14 minutes.
1930		East to West in 32 hours and ? minutes	Frank Goldsborough Frank Goldsborough Francis Herbert Goldsborough was a record-holding aviator who died in a plane crash in Vermont on his 20th birthday.-Birth:...		Combined East to West and West to East in 62 hours and 58 minutes. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,752559,00.html

Women's transcontinental air speed record

For the women's record, only in-flight time is counted

1930 Ruth Nichols 13 hours and 21 minutes

1933 Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart
Amelia Mary Earhart was a noted American aviation pioneer and author. Earhart was the first woman to receive the U.S. Distinguished Flying Cross, awarded for becoming the first aviatrix to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean...

13 hours and 7½ minutes

1934 Laura Ingalls
Laura Ingalls (aviator)
-Birth:She was born in Brooklyn, New York to Francis Abbott Ingalls I and Martha Houghtaling . Martha was the daughter of David Harrison Houghtaling of Kingston, New York, who was a descendant of Jan Willemsen Hoogteling, who arrived in New York on May 9, 1661.Regarding her mother, Laura wrote: "My...

10 hours and 5 minutes

Transcontinental air speed record

Junior transcontinental air speed record

Women's transcontinental air speed record

See also