Circumnavigating the globe is hard enough, but one pilot is
planning to do so in a rather challenging environment. On Monday, a
British Army helicopter pilot described to reporters his plans to
become the first person to fly around the world in an open-cockpit
autogyro. Warrant Officer Barry Jones, 37, aims to set a world
record when he flies more than 25,000 miles across 25 countries in
three and a half months. Jones entered the record books in
February last year when he flew 579 miles across the UK in seven
hours and 23 minutes.
The International Council of Airshows has hinted for several
months that something "Really New" was in the wind for airshow
sponsorship programs. They weren't just blowing smoke. A program
expected to serve as a model for a number of sponsor-dependant
industries has been announced in which Dr. Pepper and 7-Up will
pony up an amount confirmed to be "well into 6 figures" for a
specific series of airshow program sponsorships.
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