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Youngest pilot to fly around world begins goodwill flight
Tony Altengena, 11, USA to USSR and beyond, launches a 19,000 mile goodwill world tour from John Wayne Airport. He captains a single engine Cessna 210 Turboprop with his parents, a Russian pen pal, an NAA observer, and a scroll. The 47 day plan includes 35 stops across the US, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, UK, Sweden and the Soviet Union, aiming to improve superpower relations and deliver messages to President Bush.
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Costa Mesa
Calif
United States
Soviet Union
Tony Altengena
John Wayne
National Aeronautic Association
Tony
Guy Martel
Mikhail Gorbachev
Moscow
Canada
Greenland
Iceland
Scotland
Sweden
Leningrad
Eric Fiederer
Elliott Shoup
Falls Church
Portland
Ore
Teheremtiykh
U.S
Bush
Mr. Gorbachev