11-year-old boy flies across Atlantic

Title

11-year-old boy flies across Atlantic

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

14 Jul 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:01:22

Description

At 11 Christopher Marshall has become the youngest person to fly across the Atlantic. Today he touched down in Paris with his two co-pilots, teddy bear Charles Lindbeargh and former US Navy pilot Randy Duke Cunningham, who heaps praise on the young pilot. Tim Marshall reports.

Contributors

Tim Marshall; Randy Duke Cunningham

Keywords

Children (age group); Pilots; Aeroplanes; Paris; Atlantic Ocean; Christopher Marshall; Charles Lindbergh

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