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== Key Field ==
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At 12:32 p.m. on June 4, 1935, brothers Al and Fred Key lifted off the grass strip of Meridian's airport in an effort to break the world record for sustained flight. Working with other Meridianites such as A.D. Hunter and James Keeton, the Key brothers devised a workable method of air-to-air refueling in order to attempt this feat.
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The record they established in their 27 days aloft, totaling 653 hours and 34 minutes, remains unbroken in conventional flight. Not until orbiting space labs did man stay aloft longer. When they landed at 6:06 p.m. on July 1, 1935, before a crowd of between 30,000 and 40,000 fans gathered at the airfield, the Meridian airport was renamed "Key Field" in their honor, the name it retains today.
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== Links ==
 
== Links ==
  
 
[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/key-field.htm History and Info on Key Field]
 
[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/key-field.htm History and Info on Key Field]
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[http://www.meridianairport.com/ Meridian Regional Airport ]
  
 
[http://www.186arw.ang.af.mil/ 186th Air Refueling Wing]
 
[http://www.186arw.ang.af.mil/ 186th Air Refueling Wing]
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Key Field

At 12:32 p.m. on June 4, 1935, brothers Al and Fred Key lifted off the grass strip of Meridian's airport in an effort to break the world record for sustained flight. Working with other Meridianites such as A.D. Hunter and James Keeton, the Key brothers devised a workable method of air-to-air refueling in order to attempt this feat.

The record they established in their 27 days aloft, totaling 653 hours and 34 minutes, remains unbroken in conventional flight. Not until orbiting space labs did man stay aloft longer. When they landed at 6:06 p.m. on July 1, 1935, before a crowd of between 30,000 and 40,000 fans gathered at the airfield, the Meridian airport was renamed "Key Field" in their honor, the name it retains today.


Links

History and Info on Key Field

Meridian Regional Airport

186th Air Refueling Wing