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FLIGHT AROUND THE WORLD RECORD TRIED BY EX-TEACHER

LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN, The record to fly solo around the world via Australia and the Pacific in the smallest aircraft is the desire of Polly Vacher from Drayton a 56-year former music teacher which today took off from Birmingham International Airport for a four-month trip which will cover nearly 29,000 miles touching 17 countries. The aircraft is a single-engine Piper Dakota, which has been buyed...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 6638
Rome, Italy, 01/12/2001 17:24
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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