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Old 7th Apr 2016, 11:37
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Sadly, no film footage of this flight has emerged thus far, although you can be sure that Hughes had a camera man on hand at Culver City to record Bob Ferry's departure. If that footage still exists, hopefully it will emerge in the future.

Here is a link to another of the YOH-6A's record setting flights. The photo shows Jack Zimmerman standing beside 62-4213 with the auxiliary fuel tank visible in the rear compartment. Also visible is the high-tech PVC tape over the door crack to ensure a more aerodynamic finish!

Fai Record File

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Edit; I thought I would try to put the distance covered in this flight into perspective by seeing how far one could fly in Bob Ferry's YOH-6A if the flight started from Dublin! The most impressive flight I could come up with was this, a flight from Dublin to Happy Valley - Goose Bay, Newfoundland, Canada. IN AN OH-6A!!!!!! Granted, the conditions were quite different for Bob Ferry's flight but Dublin to Newfoundland is 2,187 miles, well short of his 2,213 miles. The extra fuel might have come in handy fighting that nasty headwind, though.

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldcloc...?p1=78&p2=1137

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