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In 1982, Perot co-piloted the first flight by helicopter around the world. [6] Using a Bell 206 L-1 Long Ranger II, he completed the circumnavigation on September 30, 1982. [7] Spirit of Texas, a Bell 206 helicopter used to circumnavigate the globe. Currently on display at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum at Dulles International ...
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Sep 30, 1982 · DALLAS -- H. Ross Perot Jr. and Jay Coburn ended a 28,000-mile journey Thursday to become the first men to fly a helicopter around the world -- a 30-day feat which should secure their...
Sep 30, 1982 · 30 September 1982: H. Ross Perot, Jr. and Jay W. Coburn completed their around-the-world helicopter flight when they landed Spirit of Texas at their starting point at Dallas, Texas.
Using a Bell 206L-1 Long Ranger II named “Spirit of Texas,” he and Jay Coburn flew around the world in 29 days, 3 hours and 8 minutes. Perot next served eight years as a fighter pilot with the U.S. Air Force.
An Australian, Dick Smith, had started the first round the world solo 'around the world' flight in a JetRanger helicopter on August 6, 1982, from Dallas, Texas and successfully completed on July 22 1983. Determined to accomplish the task earlier, Perot and Coburn set out on an aggressive timetable with better funding.
Jan 5, 2020 · 50 years ago Ross Perot set out on a mission to Vietnam at the height of the war. What this episode reveals about him and American then.
The first circumnavigation of the globe by helicopter took place between 1 and 30 September 1982, when H. Ross Perot, Jr and Jay W. Coburn (both USA) flew the Spirit of Texas single-engine Bell 206L-1 Lone Ranger II on a 26,000-mile (41,843-km) trip starting and finishing in Dallas, Texas (USA).
