Airienteering with 13MIKE

by Fred J. Calfior and Douglas W. Miller

AirLeg 51

1) Turn LEFT towards FULLERTON airport

“The 1925 Donald MacMillan Greenland Expedition was one of the first to use airplanes in the Far North. Admiral Richard E. Byrd was with this expedition, as well as Floyd Bennett. The airplane they flew was a Loening Amphibian. MacMillan made the discovery of coal deposits 9 degrees from the North Pole, which contained remains of 36 kinds of trees, showing that the climate there had once been milder.”

2) When abeam the outdoor theater, turn RIGHT to a heading of “254”

3) Charles A. Lindbergh flew a record solo flight from San Diego to New York in:

If your answer is “21 hours and 20 minutes”, go to AirLeg 72

If your answer is “16 hours and 35 minutes”, go to AirLeg 59

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