Amelia Earhart “A2” To Fly Historic Equatorial Circumnavigation Of The Globe
Pilatus, Jeppesen and the Wings Over the Rockies museum announced Wednesday that they will be sponsoring Amelia Rose Earhart’s flight to circumnavigate the globe following the original Amelia Earhart course as closely as possible. She will be flying a Pilatus PC-12 with some modification to the fuel system to allow them to fly the longest leg of the flight. The new fuel system will give the PC-12 a range of 2,200 nautical miles.
“As we welcome Kelly to his new role, we owe a great deal of gratitude and admiration to Clay for his tireless efforts working on behalf of our customers, shareholders and employees.” Source: Anthony Carbone, Rockwell Collins' lead independent director.
North Central Airlines was one of the largest and most profitable of the local service air carriers operating in the United States during the late 1940's through the 1970's.
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