Elgen M. Long (USA)
Status
ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code
Zone
World
Class
C (Powered Aeroplanes)
Sub-Class
C-1e (Landplanes: take off weight 3 000 to 6 000 kg)
Group
1: internal combustion engine
Type of record
Speed between the Earth's Poles
Performance
59,709 km/h
Date
22 Nov 1971
Course / Location
San Francisco, CA (USA) and return (via Fairbanks, Pt. Barrow, North Pole, Tromso, Stockholm, London, Accra, Equator, Recife, Rio de Janeiro, Punta Arenas, South Pole, McMurdo, Sydney, Nandi, Equator, Wake Island, Tokyo, Wake Island, Honolulu)
Claimant
Elgen M. Long (USA)
Type of engine
TIO-540
Aircraft
PA-31 Navajo
Aircraft manufacturer
Piper
Aircraft engine manufacturer
Lycoming
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