Friendship One
Organization
Historical Note: Friendship One
Friendship One was a successful attempt at beating the round-the-world air speed record. The flight was conducted from January 29 to January 30, 1988, and was operated by a Boeing 747SP owned by United Airlines and captained by Clay Lacy. The flight departed from Seattle, Washington, made refueling stops in Athens, Greece and Taipei, Taiwan, and returned to Seattle in 36 hours, 54 minutes, and 15 seconds. Tickets for the flight raised money for the Friendship Foundation, which distributed its funds to children's charities.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Ron and Ed Erickson Friendship One Collection
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2024-06-06
Contents of the Collection
The Ron and Ed Erickson Friendship One Collection is a small collection of materials collected by Ron Erickson and his father Ed who were passengers on the Friendship One around-the-world flight in January 1988. The collection primarily consists of textual materials that were given to passengers on the record-setting flight. Included are: a Friendship One information packet in folder; a first flight cover; a Friendship Foundation invitation; Friendship One stickers; a Friendship...
Dates:
1988 January, 1989
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Series XV. Personal, 1910-2002, undated
Series
Scope and Contents: Personal
The Personal series consists of materials related to WPL’s and MOL’s professional lives but which are not directly tied to any of the companies. The series is divided into four subseries: William P. Lear, Moya Olsen Lear, Lear Family, and General. Each of these has been further broken down and are clarified below. Materials are generally, but not always, arranged by date, with undated items at...
Dates:
1910-2002, undated
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