Hanging from the ceiling in Concourse C at DEN, this Learjet belonging to Bill Daniels holds the FAI eastbound world speed record in the C-1f Class by flying around the world on 14 Feb 1996 in 49hrs, 21m, 8s at an average speed of 752.53 km/h. Crewed by Mark E. Calkins, former astronaut Charles "Pete" Conrad, Daniel Miller and Paul Thayer, the flight started and ended at Denver, covering St. Kitts, Cape Verde, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Varanasi in India, the Philippines, Russia and Alaska en route.
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