On May 2, 1923, Lieutenants Kelly and Macready departed in their single-engined, high-wing Army Fokker T-2 from from Mitchel Field, New York, and landed in San Diego, California on May 3 after a flight of 26 hours, 50 minutes and 38 seconds, setting the record for transcontinental flight by a heavier-than-air craft winning the 1923 Mackay Trophy.
