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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