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March 2, 1949
The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
What is this article about?
Aviator Bill Odom plans a retry of his non-stop Honolulu-to-New York flight after a previous failure, followed by a 28,000-mile round-the-world polar route in a four-engine Liberator from Oakland.
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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP)
Bill Odom, who spends a lot of his time trying to set odd flying records, has a couple more in mind.
First, he wants another crack at a non-stop, light plane record from Honolulu to New York. And after that a round-the-world junket, via the poles, in a four-engine plane.
Odom, who got only as far as Oakland last Jan. 31 when he made his first try at the Honolulu-New York hop, arrived back in Oakland yesterday. He is shipping his Beachcraft plane, disassembled, to Hawaii Thursday. He has installed new gasoline tanks for longer range.
The round-the-world flight he has in mind would be made in a transport version of the four-engined Liberator bomber. Odom said he was planning to fly via Anchorage, the North Pole, Paris, New Zealand, the South Pole, South America and back to his Oakland starting point, a distance of 28,000 miles.
Odom has set no date for the polar flight, nor did he say who was backing it.
Plans
Round
World Polar Flight
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP)
Bill Odom, who spends a lot of his time trying to set odd flying records, has a couple more in mind.
First, he wants another crack at a non-stop, light plane record from Honolulu to New York. And after that a round-the-world junket, via the poles, in a four-engine plane.
Odom, who got only as far as Oakland last Jan. 31 when he made his first try at the Honolulu-New York hop, arrived back in Oakland yesterday. He is shipping his Beachcraft plane, disassembled, to Hawaii Thursday. He has installed new gasoline tanks for longer range.
The round-the-world flight he has in mind would be made in a transport version of the four-engined Liberator bomber. Odom said he was planning to fly via Anchorage, the North Pole, Paris, New Zealand, the South Pole, South America and back to his Oakland starting point, a distance of 28,000 miles.
Odom has set no date for the polar flight, nor did he say who was backing it.
What sub-type of article is it?
Adventure
Journey
What themes does it cover?
Exploration
Triumph
What keywords are associated?
Bill Odom
Round World Flight
Polar Flight
Honolulu New York
Aviation Records
What entities or persons were involved?
Bill Odom
Where did it happen?
Oakland, Calif.
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Key Persons
Bill Odom
Location
Oakland, Calif.
Event Date
Last Jan. 31
Story Details
Bill Odom plans to retry a non-stop flight from Honolulu to New York in his modified Beachcraft plane after failing last January, then undertake a 28,000-mile round-the-world flight via the poles in a four-engine Liberator bomber.