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Two businessmen set world air record in around the world flight
Sam Miller and Louis Fodor completed a 20 000 mile Northwest Orient jet trip from Tokyo via London Rome Bombay Bangkok and Hong Kong to Idlewild in 46 hours 64 minutes beating the prior record by almost five hours. They described the voyage as a childhood dream and noted heavy timetable work and minimal luggage. They planned a Cleveland return.
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Cleveland
Ohio
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Northwest Orient Airlines
Milton’ Reynolds
San Francisco
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Forest City’ Material Co
British Overseas Airways Corp
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