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- From August 9 to December 10, 1947, Clifford Evans and George Truman circled the globe in their Piper Super Cruisers, covering 35,897 kilometers (22,436 miles), the first time light personal aircraft accomplished such a feat. Evans flew the City of Washington while Truman flew the City of The Angels, now at the Piper Aviation Museum in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. The PA-12 was a more powerful J-5 Cruiser, with an electric starter, navigation lights, and a cabin heater. For the flight, Piper Aircraft arranged for second-hand planes and extra fuel tanks while radio and navigation equipment were also donated. Evans built a drift meter for each aircraft. Flags of each nation they visited were hand-painted on the fuselages' left sides and 53 of 55 city stops on the right sides. Group: Platform_Details Entry_ID: PA-12 Group: Platform_Identification Platform_Category: Aircraft Short_Name: PA-12 Long_Name: Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser End_Group Creation_Date: 2012-07-23 Online_Resource: http://airandspace.si.edu/collections/artifact.cfm?id=A19500101000 Sample_Image: http://airandspace.si.edu/images/collections/media/previews/A19500101000cp02.jpg End_Group
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