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Actor, Dick Merrill, was born Henry Tindall Merrill on Feb 1, 1894 in Iuka, MS. Merrill died at the age of 88 on Oct 31, 1982 in Lake Elsinore, CA .

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Was all of 18 months younger than his father-in-law, Paul Wing (1892-1957).

A rare surviving 1936 Vultee V1-A, re-christened 'The Lady Peace II' in honor of Dick is on display at the Science Museum of Virginia's Virginia Aviation Museum at the Richmond, Virginia Airport. This plane was once owned by William Randolph Hearst. Hearst's son, Randolph Jr. was a personal friend of Dick's.

Very few pilots could claim to have flown so many historic aircraft. Beginning with his first $600 WWI-surplus Curtiss OX-5 powered JN-4 "Jenny," Dick would go on to clock a record 45,000 hour flight career that spanned some 56 years. Dick flew frequently after his EAL retirement in 1961. Restricted to non-revenue flights by the FAA age limit, Dick and his friend, entertainer and avid pilot Arthur Godfrey (accompanied by co-captains Karl Keller and TWA pilot Fred Austin) flew around the world in an executive Rockwell Jet Aero Commander (N1966J) in June, 1966, clocking 23,524 miles at an average 429 MPH, mostly at 40,000 feet. This flight set 21 speed records. At age 78, he had flown the Concorde SST with it's evaluation team. Later in 1976, Dick flew a Lockheed 1011 Tri-Star jumbo jet from Palmdale, CA to Miami in a record 3 hours and 33 minutes. He continued to accept invitations to fly until age 82.

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