U.S. AVIATRIX PLANS RECORD SOLO FLIGHT ROUND THE WORLD
(Rec 11.20) WASHINGTON Aug 9. Miss Diana Cyrus, aged 25, pians to break the round the w'orld record by flying solo in a Mosauito fighterbomber, and making the circuit in 69 hours 5 minutes overall time, including five hours for refuelling and servicing. , The record of 78 hours o 5 minutes was made by William Odom ' and Milton Reynolds in 1947 for 18,672 miles. , ... Miss Cyrus’s route, as filed with the National Aeronautical Association, is nearly 19,700 miles. .She plans to take off from San Francisco on Friday, August 20.
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Grey River Argus, 10 August 1948, Page 5
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