Nick Mamer in the Spokane Sun-God, 1928

ID: 3295
This file appears in: Taking Flight: MAC 100 Stories: A Centennial Exhibition

Mamer poses in the cockpit the year before his record breaking flight.

Image L87-1.37508-28 courtesy of the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture

This file appears in: Taking Flight: MAC 100 Stories: A Centennial Exhibition

By The Spokane Historical team
In 1929, aviator Nick Mamer and mechanic Art Walker held the Spokane Sun-God aloft for five days and nights - America's first nonstop, round-trip transcontinental flight. Refueling in the air was the…