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The Flying Housewife - Part 1 - UI Podcast #140
The Flying Housewife - Part 1 - UI Podcast #140
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Length:
29 minutes
Released:
Oct 29, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
In 1938, Richarda "Dikki" Morrow-Tait set off from London in an attempt to become the first woman to pilot an airplane around the world. She encountered setback after setback. Would she make it? Part 1 of this story discusses her trip from London and eastward to Alaska. Also learn about the word circumnavigation record via commercial airlines, a 1912 prediction about the horseless age, an airplane golf match, and a man who stole a railroad in broad daylight. Retrosponsor: Halo Shampoo.
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Released:
Oct 29, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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