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Final leg of Around-the-World jet voyage to New York
The pilot recounts United Airlines Flight 816 finishing the world tour in four hours to New York after 29 days. Flights covered 22 775 miles with 9 stops, three days per stop, mainly eastbound across Paris Beirut Jerusalem New Delhi Bangkok and Tokyo. The entry notes weather, speeds, altitudes, and reflections on safety and progress in aviation.
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Tulsa
Rockies
Great Plains
Los Angeles
United Airlines
New York
Paris
Beirut
Jerusalem
New Delhi
Bangkok
Hong Kong
Tokyo
Honolulu
Pan-American Flight Two
N. Y
Teheran
Jack Sullivan
Beruit
Jordan
Israel
Middle East Airways
Louisville
Kentucky
Walter Shea
Sea Bright
Idlewild
Oklahoma
Walter
United 816
Newark
Kelly
Allentown
Pennsylvania
Magellan
Nelly Bly
Dorothy Kilgallen
Wiley Post
Sullivan