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60 years ago... USAF B-58 New York to Paris record flight ! The USAF aircrew of the Mach 2 strategic bomber Convair B-58 Hustler, nicknamed “The Firefly”, pose at the Paris Airport apron near the plaque that commemorates the landing spot of Charles Lindbergh’s first solo trans-Atlantic flight in May 1927. Left-to-right: Major William R. Payne, Aircraft Commander, Captain William L. Polhemus, Navigator, and Captain Raymond R. Wagener, Defensive Systems Officer, won the Harmon and Mackay Aviation Trophies for this flight. While Lindbergh’s flight took 33 hours 33 minutes, the B-58 Hustler only needed 3 hours 19 minutes... an average of 1755 Km/Hour for the very first supersonic transatlantic crossing ! Note the Rolex GMT-master Pepsi pilot watch at Captain Polhemus’ wrist, a favorite wristwatch among many pilots, civil and military alike! (Photo: USAF) (Scan: MoonwatchUniverse collection)

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Official NASA portrait astronaut Lloyd Blaine Hammond (1984) USAF testpilot & Astronaut Lloyd Hammond was pilot for both the STS-39 and the STS-64 missions aboard space shuttle Discovery. During both spaceflight missions he accumulated 19 days 6 hours in space and wore his personal Rolex GMT Pepsi pilot wristwatch. (Photo: NASA)  

60 years ago... USAF B-58 New York to Paris record flight ! May 1961, the USAF aircrew of the Mach 2 strategic bomber Convair B-58 Hustler, nicknamed “The Firefly”, seen during planning for their USA to France supersonic transatlantic crossing. Left-to-right: Captain William Polhemus, Navigator, Captain Raymond  Wagener, Defensive Systems Officer, and Major William R. Payne, Aircraft Commander. This USAF bomber crew  won the Harmon and Mackay Aviation Trophies for this record flight. While Lindbergh’s flight took 33 hours 33 minutes, the B-58 Hustler only needed 3 hours 19 minutes... an average of 1755 Km/Hour for the very first supersonic transatlantic crossing ! Note the Rolex GMT-master Pepsi pilot watch at the wrists of Captain Polhemus and Captain Wagener. Even today, the GMT-master remains the favorite wristwatch among many pilots, civil and military alike! (Photo: USAF)

60 years ago... NASA astronaut Alan Shepard and “ Freedom 7 “ May 5, 1961 Mercury Seven astronaut, Naval aviator Alan Bartlett Shepard made a sub-orbital spaceflight onboard the one man Mercury Redstone 3 capsule nicknamed “Freedom 7″. The capsule reached an altitude of 188 kilometers before splash-down in the North Atlantic Ocean. After a 15 minutes flight, Alan Shepard, who didn’t wear a wristwatch on this flight, and his capsule were recovered by USS Lake Champlain. In January 1971, Shepard flew again as Commander of Apollo 14, during which he stayed 33 hours on the Moon, performing 9 hours 22 minutes of lunar spacewalk together with Edgar Mitchell. Shepard accumulated 9 days 5 minutes in space. This NASA photo shows astronaut Alan Shepard at the NASA Skylab press center in 1973. Note he still wore his personal Rolex GMT-master 1675 Pepsi pilot watch. (Photo: NASA)

April 1972... Apollo 13 astronaut John Jack Swigert signing autographs During a meeting of NASA personnel, Apollo 13 Command Module Pilot John Jack Swigert signed autographs. Note the Apollo 16 Manned Flight Awareness crew photo in lower right. In April 1973, Swigert took a leave of absence from NASA to work for the Committee of Science & Astronautucs and resigned from NASA in August 1977 to enter politics for the Republican Party. Note Swigert wore his personal Gold Rolex GMT-master 1675 pilot watch, a favorite among many pilots, civil and military alike! (Photo: NASA)

30 years ago... another Rolex onboard the Space Shuttle April 28 to May 6 saw the 12th spaceflight mission for Space Shuttle orbiter “ Discovery “ and the first mission for Blaine Hammond here seen onboard STS-39 in the top middle wearing a white polo shirt and his personal Rolex GMT-master pilot watch at his wrist. USAF testpilot & Astronaut Lloyd Hammond was pilot for both the STS-39 and the STS-64 missions aboard space shuttle Discovery. During both spaceflight missions he accumulated 19 days 6 hours in space and wore his personal Rolex GMT Pepsi pilot wristwatch. (Photo: NASA)

NASA Flight Director Rolex GMT-master 1675 Pepsi NASA Flight Director Neil B. Hutchinson's Rolex GMT-Master 1675 pilot watch will be auctioned by RR Auction on April 22, 2021. Hutchinson bought the watch in 1967 and wore his personal Rolex GMT-master 1675 Pepsi on a daily basis throughout his career in NASA Mission Control. This iconic Rolex wristwatch was present during some key moments at NASAmission control from the Age of Apollo, through Skylab and Apollo-Soyuz to the early Space Shuttle flights. Here we see Neil Hutchinson wearing his Rolex GMT-master at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in 1985. (Photo: NASA)