POLE TO POLE
Boeing 707 Flight (N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) LOS ANGELES, November 3 Plans for a 52-hour jet flight around the earth’s 1 poles, starting from Honolulu on November ! 11, were announced today by Geo-Atmos Exploration Inc. A Boeing 707 would be used, said a spokesman for Geo-Atmos, which is a firm established to investigate supersonic transport problems. Carrying a crew of six and 25 scientists and businessmen the jet will fly over the North Pole and refuel in London, then head south to refuel in Buenos Aires. From there it will fly over the South Pole and refuel in Christchurch en route to Honolulu.
The spokesman said the flight which has never before been attempted, will try for five speed records, including Pole-to-Pole, and around the world.
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30899, 4 November 1965, Page 18
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