On May 2, 1923, Lieutenants Kelly and Macready flew their single-engined, high-wing Army Fokker T-2 over 2625 miles from Mitchel Field, New York to Rockwell Field, originally called the Signal Corps Aviation School, North Island, San Diego, California in an official time of 26 hours, 50 minutes and 383 seconds, setting the record for transcontinental flight by a heavier-than-air craft winning the 1923 Mackay Trophy.