In 1949 Dick Riedel and Bill Barris of Fullerton Air Service piloted Aeronca Sedan "Sunkist Lady" into the endurance flight record books by staying aloft 1,008. They were welcomed home in a grand parade down Commonewealth Avenue and up Spadra Road.
Photo Date
1949
Photo Subject
Airplanes and People
Photo Focus Area
Whole Plane
Photo Prespective
Ground to Ground
Photographer
Undercarriage
Wheels
Museum Asset Number
N-Number
1074H
Large size Res
736 x 578 px
Full Size Res
736 x 578 px
Full Filesize
154415 bytes
Aeronca Models
15AC
Date Range
1945-1951
Document Type
ImageGallery
Status
Available
Condition
Great
No. of Pages
1 pages
Dimensions
8.028 in. x 10.222 in.
File Size
154 KB
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In 1949 Dick Riedel and Bill Barris of Fullerton Air Service piloted the "Sunkist Lady", a red and white converted Aeronca, into the endurance flight record books by staying aloft 1,008 hours and 2 minutes - a total of 42 days. They were welcomed home in a grand parade down Commonewealth Avenue and up Spadra Road. Found on Pinterest from fullertonlibrary.org
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