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Round the world record flight

Title
Round the world record flight
Genre
Interview
TX Date
19 Jan 1987
Year of production
1987
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Duration
00:04:32
Description
Jeanna Yeager and Dick Rutan are interviewed during a visit to London after their non-stop, non-refueled flight around the world in the Rutan Voyager aircraft from 14 December to 23 December 1986 which more than doubled the old distance record set by a Boeing B-52 bomber in 1962. Male interviewer not identified.
Contributors
Dick Rutan; Jeanna Yeager
Keywords
Aircraft; Weather; Record attempts; Pilots; Aviation

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