ROUND THE WORLD IN BABY PLANES
Received Thursday, 11 a.m. NEW YORK, Dec. 10. George Trurnan and Clifford Evans landed their 100 h.p. Piper Cub planes at Tererboro Airport, in New Jersey, today completing in 122 days 23 hours their flight round the world in the smallesi planes ever to attempt the trip. They circled the world on a 23,000niile route with stops in 21 countries. The planes had a cruising speed of slightly over 100 m.p.h.
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Chronicle (Levin), 11 December 1947, Page 5
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