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Did you know the Global Hawk has two world records ... - April 23, 2001: Global Hawk became the first unmanned, powered aircraft to cross the worlds largest ocean when it landed in Australia at 8:40 p.m. local time after a 23-hour, 20-minute trip across the Pacific Ocean. - March 29, 2013: Global Hawk set the endurance record for a full-scale, operational unmanned aircraft when it completed a 34.3 hour flight at altitudes up to 60,000 feet based out of Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota. The pilots and crew were all women, which all set a record for the longest all-female Global Hawk flight.
Posted on: Tue, 03 Jun 2014 13:44:26 +0000

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