Jumat, 10 Maret 2017

‘Foredoomed to Failure’: An Attempt to Fly Around the World

An ill-prepared British crew set out in 1922 on the first-ever attempt to fly around the world. In August 1922, the crew of a steam launch plucked two exhausted and half-starved British airmen from the Bay of Bengal. The fliers had endured two interminable days clinging to the upturned floats of their capsized floatplane, which …

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