Lucky Lady II

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Lucky Lady II was a United States Air Force B-50 Superfortress famous for completing the first nonstop around-the-world flight in 1949.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Lucky Lady II canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Boeing B-50 Superfortress ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ
aircraftModel B-50A ⓘ
linked to: B-50 Superfortress
aircraftType strategic bomber ⓘ
airframeStatusAfterRecord returned to normal operational service ⓘ
assignedToCommand Strategic Air Command ⓘ
awardedHonor Air Force Association Trophy ⓘ
Mackay Trophy ⓘ
basedOn Boeing B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
linked to: B-29 Superfortress
commandedBy James Gallagher ⓘ
commandingOfficerRank captain ⓘ
commandingOfficerService United States Air Force ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
crewAwarded Distinguished Flying Cross ⓘ
era early Cold War ⓘ
flightCrewSize 14 ⓘ
flightDistance 23108 miles ⓘ
37194 kilometers ⓘ
flightDuration 94 hours 1 minute ⓘ
flightEndDate 1949-03-02 ⓘ
flightEndLocation Carswell Air Force Base ⓘ
flightRouteIncluded Azores ⓘ
Hawaii ⓘ
India ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ
flightStartCity Fort Worth ⓘ
linked to: Fort Worth, Texas
flightStartDate 1949-02-26 ⓘ
flightStartLocation Carswell Air Force Base ⓘ
flightStartState Texas ⓘ
notableFor first nonstop around-the-world flight ⓘ
numberOfRefuelings 4 ⓘ
operatedByUnit 2nd Bombardment Squadron ⓘ
43rd Bombardment Group ⓘ
operator United States Air Force ⓘ
precededBy Lucky Lady (B-29) ⓘ
recordType circumnavigation of the globe ⓘ
refuelingAircraftType KB-29M Superfortress ⓘ
linked to: B-29 Superfortress
refuelingMethod KB-29M hose refueling system ⓘ
succeededBy Lucky Lady III ⓘ
symbolized US strategic airpower ⓘ
global reach of Strategic Air Command ⓘ
tailNumber 46-010 ⓘ
tookOffWithCallsign Lucky Lady II ⓘ
usedAerialRefueling true ⓘ
yearOfRecordFlight 1949 ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

B-50 Superfortress → notableAircraft → Lucky Lady II ⓘ
Lucky Lady II → tookOffWithCallsign → Lucky Lady II ⓘ