[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 20]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 27759]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




TRIBUTE TO BOEING BREAKING THE WORLD RECORD FOR LONGEST NON-STOP FLIGHT

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                          HON. LORETTA SANCHEZ

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, December 7, 2005

  Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to 
highlight a remarkable aviation achievement--a new world record for the 
longest nonstop distance flown by a commercial aircraft.
  On October 9, 2005, a Boeing 777-200LR Worldliner touched down at 
London Heathrow Airport after completing a non-stop flight from Hong 
Kong, breaking its own world record set just 16 years earlier.
  The Boeing 777-200LR, Boeing's newest aircraft, took the long way 
around, leaving Hong Kong and flying over the Northern Pacific ocean, 
crossing North America and then over the Atlantic Ocean to complete its 
record setting 11,664 mile flight, beating out the previous record by 
1,164 miles,
  The lead pilot for this remarkable flight was Captain Suzanna Darcy-
Hennemann, who in the tradition of aviation pioneers like Amelia 
Earhart, is inspiring the next generation of young women pilots,
  Mr. Speaker, this achievement is a milestone in the history of 
aviation. We have come a long way since Charles Lindbergh's first solo 
trans-Atlantic flight in 1927, which set the first world record.
  I rise today to congratulate Boeing and its record setting crew, and 
to express on behalf of my constituents in Orange County, many of whom 
are Boeing employees themselves, my sincere appreciation of all that 
Boeing has done in service of American aviation.

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