1946: Colonel William Councill, piloting a Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star, flies coast-to-coast in 4 hours and 13 minutes. The average speed of 584 miles per hour. He completed the 2,457 miles run between Long Beach and New York to set a Fédération Aéronautique Internationale record. (5-Star General Hap Arnold inspects a P-80)
