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Global Flight Fails to Beat Record by Bixbys
SAN FRANCISCO The Bixbys completed a 21 000 mile round the world flight in 11 days 18 hours and six minutes aboard Huntress 11 but failed to beat the speed record set by the late Bill Odom Their 11 hour 16 minute last leg from Midway Island reached 25 000 feet with a 30 mile hour tailwind Mrs Dianna Bixby at the controls and the couple sighing they are dead tired They met anxious relatives at the airport and said they have no immediate plans to try again to break Odoms mark.
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