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B-58 Supersonic Bomber
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Maximum Speed: 1,321 mph Combat Ceiling: 63,150 ft Record Ceiling: 85,360 ft
The B-58 had a notable year in 1962. On 5 March, a 43d Bomb Wing B-58 broke 3 speed records in a round-trip flight between New York and Los Angeles. The B-58 made the entire trip in 4 hours, 41 minutes and 14.98 seconds while averaging 1,044.46 miles per hour. Three in-flight refuelings by KC-135s were required. The B-58 flew from Los Angeles to New York in 2 hours and 58.71 seconds, for an average speed of 1,214.65 miles per hour. For this the crew received the Bendix Trophy, first awarded in 1931 to Jimmy Doolittle for his 9-hour and 10-minute flight from Los Angeles to Cleveland. The B-58 closed 1962 with 2 altitude records, acquired on 18 September and worthy of the Harmon Trophy.
The B-58 set its last 5 records in 1963, all of them on 16 October. On that date, a B-58 of the 305th Bomb Wing set an official world speed record by flying 8,028 miles from Tbkyo to London in 8 hours, 35 minutes and 20.4 seconds, averaging about 938 miles per hours.