In a Lockheed Vega, Sir George Hubert Wilkins, who was knighted for his previous feat on April 15-21, 1928, and Carl B. Eielson make the first flight over Antarctica.
The Air Force plans to add external weapons pylons on the B-1B bomber, both to increase the number of aircraft that can test hypersonic missiles and expand the Lancer’s loadout as USAF transitions to the B-21 bomber.