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- Photolithograph, Airplane with Texaco Star Logo, circa 1925 - On June 27, 1929, pilot Frank Hawks made a solo, nonstop flight from New York to Los Angeles in <em>Texaco 5</em>, a Lockheed Model 3 Air Express. After seven hours for rest and refueling, Hawks returned to New York on another solo, nonstop flight in the same airplane. His transcontinental round trip took less than 37 hours of flying time.
- circa 1925
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Photolithograph, Airplane with Texaco Star Logo, circa 1925
On June 27, 1929, pilot Frank Hawks made a solo, nonstop flight from New York to Los Angeles in Texaco 5, a Lockheed Model 3 Air Express. After seven hours for rest and refueling, Hawks returned to New York on another solo, nonstop flight in the same airplane. His transcontinental round trip took less than 37 hours of flying time.