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Harmon Sets North Pole Speed Record in Light Plane
Daring pilot Millard Harmon, famed for 128 records in a single engine C-1.c aircraft, set a new speed record over the North Pole in his Ten Romeo. He relied on a Soviet navigator and a Naycor I GTS then switched to an astrocompass after a satellite window closed, enduring ice, weather, and gear challenges before returning to Albany 17 hours later with plans for further polar flights and possible world circumnavigation.
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