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New Speed Record

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March 9, 1955
Air Force pilot Lt. Col. Robert R. Scott, of the 510th Fighter Squadron, establishes a new transcontinental speed record (coast-to-coast) by flying 2,245 miles from Los Angeles to Mitchel Field New York in 3 hours, 44 minutes and 53 seconds in a Republic F-84F Thunderstreak jet fighter bomber.

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