Feb 4 1929

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February 4-5: Capt. Frank Hawks and O.E. Grubb established new nonstop transcontinental West-East record of 18 hours 22 minutes, in a single-engine Lockheed Air Express, the first practical application of NACA cowling for radial sir-cooled engines.