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1990 Boeing 767 sets nonstop commercial flight, Seattle to Narobi Kenya

1988 Experimental airplane Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, complete 1st nonstop, round-the-world flight without refueling lands

1986 Dodge Morgan sailed solo nonstop around world in 150 days

1983 Charlos Vieira completes 191 hr "nonstop" cycling in Leiria Portugal

1983 Charlos Vieira begins 191 hr "nonstop" cycling in Leiria, Portugal

1980 1st nonstop crossing of U.S. via balloon (Maxie Anderson and son Chris)

1979 Vivekananda (Sri Lanka) completes nonstop cycle ride of 187 hrs, 28 min, around Vihara Maha Devi Park, Colombo, Sri Lanka [From May 2]

1965 1st nonstop helicopter crossing of North America, JR Willford

1953 1st jet transcontinental nonstop scheduled service

1953 1st west-to-east jet transatlantic nonstop flight

1952 1st nonstop transpacific flight by a jet

1949 Lucky Lady II (USAF B-50 Superfortress), completes 1st nonstop round- the-world flight at Fort Worth, Tx, covering 23,452-mis in 94 hrs

1949 USAF plane began 1st nonstop around-the-world flight

1931 1st nonstop transpacific flight, Japan to Washington (Herndon and Pangborn)

1930 1st nonstop airplane flight from New York to Panama

1923 1st nonstop transcontinental flight (New York - San Diego) completed

1919 1st nonstop Atlantic flight, Alcock and Brown, lands in Ireland

1919 1st nonstop air crossing of Atlantic (Alcock and Brown)



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