In 1935, two brothers kept a plane in the air over Mississippi for 27 days straight, and one walked out onto a catwalk to service the engine in flight. Al and Fred Key ran Meridian's airport, and the Depression-strapped city was weighing closing it. They chased the world endurance record to put it on the map. A second plane lowered fuel by hose. The airport stayed open, was renamed Key Field, and Air Guard tankers fly from it today.
