Robert N. Buck in 1930 before the start of a flight to Los Angeles in an attempt to break the junior cross-country record. He was 16.
Source: New York Times; May 20, 2007
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Robert Nietzel Buck (1914-2007) in 2003
Robert Nietzel Buck (1914-2007)
Robert Nietzel Buck (1914-2007) in 2003
Robert Nietzel Buck (1914-2007)
Robert Nietzel Buck (January 29, 1914 – April 14, 2007) in 1930 broke the junior transcontinental air speed record and was the youngest pilot ever licensed in the United States. In 1937 he began flying for TWA, became chief pilot in 1945 and flew until his retirement at age 60 in 1974. He took delivery of TWA's first Lockheed Constellation aircraft in 1945, and in 1970 flew TWA's first 747 revenue flight, flight 800 from New York City to Paris. In 1965 he flew around the world from pole to pole in a Boeing 707 along with several other pilots in shifts.
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