1990 Event Boeing 767 sets nonstop commercial flight, Seattle to Narobi Kenya 1988 Event Experimental airplane Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, complete 1st nonstop, round-the-world flight without refueling lands 1986 Event Dodge Morgan sailed solo nonstop around world in 150 days 1983 Event Charlos Vieira completes 191 hour "nonstop" cycling in Leiria Portugal 1983 Event Charlos Vieira begins 191 hour "nonstop" cycling in Leiria, Portugal 1980 Event 1st nonstop crossing of U.S. via balloon (Maxie Anderson and son Chris) 1979 Event Vivekananda (Sri Lanka) completes nonstop cycle ride of 187 hours, 28 minutes, around Vihara Maha Devi Park, Colombo, Sri Lanka 1965 Event 1st nonstop helicopter crossing of North America, JR Willford 1953 Event 1st jet transcontinental nonstop scheduled service 1953 Event 1st west-to-east jet transatlantic nonstop flight 1952 Event 1st nonstop transpacific flight by a jet 1949 Event Lucky Lady II (USAF B-50 Superfortress), completes 1st nonstop round- the-world flight at Fort Worth, Texas, covering 23,452 miles in 94 hours 1949 Event USAF plane began 1st nonstop around-the-world flight 1931 Event 1st nonstop transpacific flight, Japan to Washington (Herndon and Pangborn) 1930 Event 1st nonstop airplane flight from New York to Panama 1923 Event 1st nonstop transcontinental flight (New York - San Diego) completed 1919 Event 1st nonstop Atlantic flight, Alcock and Brown, lands in Ireland 1919 Event 1st nonstop air crossing of Atlantic (Alcock and Brown)