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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Nov 03, 1968

Page

9

First Hop Completed by Conrad

Pi Max Conrad, 65, the “flying grandfather” from the United States, lands Piper Aztec at McCall Field Calgary completing the first leg of a 33,000 mile circumpolar flight. He flew non stop from St Louis in 9 44 hours aiming for pole to pole and equator to equator records. He plans 1500 mile nine hour hops to Anchorage then over the North Pole from Point Barrow to Norway.

Calgary Alta Max Conrad United States McCall Field Globe Poles Conrad St. Louis Anchorage Alaska North Pole Point Barrow Norway

Pioneer 9 Launch To Study Solar Radiation

Pioneer 9 and a second satellite dubbed Test and Training Satellite ride aboard a three stage Delta rocket from Cape Kennedy. The mission carries eight solar radiation experiments to predict flares before the Apollo 8 countdown. TTS payload aids worldwide Apollo tracking network.

Cape Kennedy America Pioneer 9 TTS Earth

Solar Rays Possibly Caused Premature Soyuz-3 Flight End

Prague scientist Dr. L Krivsky of the Ondrejov Observatory suggested that dangerous solar radio storm radiation may have forced an early end to the Soyuz-3 orbital flight. He noted the forecasted solar activity and that Cosmonaut Georgy Beregovoy’s mission, launched Oct 26, did not complete planned programs.

Prague Beregovoy L. Krivsky Mlada Fronta Krivsky Czechoslovak Academy of Science Ondrejov Col Georgy T. Beregovoy

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