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US teen finishes flight around the world
Matt Guthmiller, 19, completed the more than 29,000-mile (46,670-kilometer) journey in a leased single-engine airplane late Monday night when he touched down at Gillespie Field in El Cajon, California. (news.yahoo.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Great job Matt. What's left for you to do? Betcha you find something. Congratulations.
Congratulations, Matt--'twas fun tracking ya!
OK OK......I gotta say this! In spite this kid's ability to use an autopilot & fly the best single engine airplane (less turbo prop) in the world, it took me 30 years to wear 4 stripe epaulets. This is uncomfortably like Travolta wearing a Quantas captain's uniform. Sorry.
Congratulations and well done to Matt.
For anyone to not appreciate or recognise this achievment probably means they themselves have never flown outside the local area.
For anyone to not appreciate or recognise this achievment probably means they themselves have never flown outside the local area.
I respect this accomplishment much more than the similar event recently touted by Amelia Rose Earhart. She was in an expensive turbo-prop with a safety pilot... this young fellow did it in an unsophisticated trainer, solo all the way.
Hats off to Matt!
Hats off to Matt!
A Beech A36 is an "unsophisticated trainer?????
A Beech A36 is an "unsophisticated trainer???