FRIENDSHIP FLIGHT: Tony Circles The Globe : FRIENDSHIP FLIGHT LOG
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Tony Aliengena, an 11-year-old San Juan Capistrano boy, is piloting a single-engine plane in hopes of becoming the youngest person to ever circumnavigate the globe.
Latest Leg
From: Magadan, U.S.S.R.
To: Anadyr
1,000 miles
5 hours
Next Leg
From: Anadyr
To: Providenia
220 miles
2 hours
Total air time:
79.5 hours (est.)
Total miles flown:
14,613 (est.)
Highlight
Tony battled air sickness Thursday as he endured a grueling five-hour, 1,000-mile flight between the far eastern Soviet port cities of Magadan and Anadyr. He is now two short trips away from Nome, Alaska, where he will re-enter the United States Friday afternoon after crossing the international date line. Anadyr was one of the bleaker cities on Tony’s 13-city Soviet itinerary, situated about 100 miles south of the Arctic Circle in a frigid wasteland of tundra and rocky outcrop.
