Paul Mantz arriving at Oakland on August 16, 1947 after setting a new speed record for the flight from Burbank to Oakland. His flight of 51 minutes 56 seconds broke the previous record set by Frank Fuller in his Seversky P-35.  The next day he set another record by flying from Oakland to Burbank in  50 minutes 40 seconds.
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