ATLANTA — Two Delta flight captains are trying to make history, at least according to the Guinness Book of World Records.
Captain Barry Behnfeldt, a Delta A350 captain and longtime pilot, worked with a team to break the record for flights across the United States.
Along with a copilot and flight crew, Behnfeldt pushed to break the record for flights across the mainland U.S. in a speed run across the country.
The flight company shared Behnfeldt’s team’s journey, recording their jumps from airport to airport to break the record.
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According to Delta, Behnfeldt and his fellows broke the Guinness Record for flying across all 48 contiguous states in the U.S. in under 48 hours, but Guinness still has to verify it.
They said that, along with help from his fellow Delta people, he was able to fly a plane and land at a public airport in each of the 48 states, with the clock running on takeoff and landing.
With the help of another Delta captain, Aaron Wilson, the record was broken, according to Delta.
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Delta said the pair met for coffee, where Behnfeldt pitched the idea to break to record to Wilson.
Both men are alumni of the Bowling Green State University School of Aviation.
Behnfeldt was interested in going for the goal after another Delta pilot attempted to break the record in 2021, but just missed it.
For the 2023 attempt, Behnfeldt and Wilson flew from Michigan to Maine, making 47 stops on their flight, including middle-of-the-night stops.
With the journey complete, the pilots and their flight crew have to wait for Guinness to confirm they pulled it off.
“Honestly, we won’t officially know for a couple months,” Behnfeldt said. “But what I do know is that we knocked our goals of promoting aviation, inspiring future pilots and supporting the VAC out of the park. The record may have started the mission, but it ended up taking a back seat to everything else that happened.”
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