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>On 27 February 1947, P-82B, named Betty Jo and flown by Colonel Robert E. Thacker, made history when it flew nonstop from Hawaii to New York without refueling, a distance of 5,051 mi (8,129 km) in 14 hr 32 min. It averaged 347.5 mph (559.2 km/h). This flight tested the P-82's range. The aircraft carried a full internal fuel tank of 576 US gal (2,180 L; 480 imp gal), augmented by four 310 US gal (1,200 L; 260 imp gal) tanks for a total of 1,816 US gal (6,870 L; 1,512 imp gal). Colonel Thacker did not drop three external tanks when their fuel was expended, either because of an oversight,[4] or because they were stuck due to a mechanical glitch.[5] This remains the longest nonstop flight ever made by a propeller-driven fighter, and the fastest time in which such a distance has ever been covered in a piston-engine aircraft.
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