Nick Mamer in the Spokane Sun-God, 1928
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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
Taking Flight
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 biggest hurdle. The Sun-God crew caught fuel…