IVORY COAST: MAX CONRAD, THE "FLYING GRANDFATHER" LEAVES IN ABIDJAN ON ROUND-THE-POLES FLIGHT.

Record ID: 182884

  • Title: IVORY COAST: MAX CONRAD, THE "FLYING GRANDFATHER" LEAVES IN ABIDJAN ON ROUND-THE-POLES FLIGHT.
  • Date: 27th November 1968
  • Summary: CONRAD WITH AIRCRAFT; REFUELLING; AIRCRAFT TAKES OFF. Initials TS/VS/JF/PF Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 12th December 1968 13:00
  • Keywords:
  • Location: ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST
  • Country: Ivory Coast
  • Reuters ID: LVAE1UFP4PHPRDQDPJDETA1E02TK
  • Story Text: MAX CONRAD, THE 65-YEAR-OLD AMERICAN "FLYING GRANDFATHER" LEFT ABIDJAN ON MONDAY FOR SOUTH AMERICA ON THE NEXT STAGE OF HIS ROUND-THE-POLES SOLO FLIGHT. MR. CONRAD LEFT SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, ON NOVEMBER THE 1ST., AND HOPES TO BE BACK HOME IN THE UNITED STATES BY JANUARY.

    DURING HIS FLIGHT, MR. CONRAD IS ATTEMPTING TO BREAK NO LESS THAN THREE WORLD RECORDS - EQUATOR OVER THE POLE; NORTH POLE TO SOUTH POLE, AND ROUND THE WORLD OVER BOTH POLES.

    WHILE HE WAS IN ABIDJAN, MR. CONRAD MET THE IVORY COAST MINISTER OF STATE, M. AUGUST DENISE.

    REFUELLING AT ABIDJAN AIRPORT, HE ADDED PURE ALCOHOL TO HIS 486 GALLONS OF FUEL TO TAKE HIS PIPER APACHE AIRCRAFT "ST. LOUIS WOMAN" ON THE NEXT LEG OF HIS JOURNEY.

    MR. CONRAD IS IN CONSTANT RADIO CONTACT WITH IOWA, AND FREQUENTLY SPEAKS TO HIS FAMILY ON A RADIO-TELEPHONE LINK.
  • Copyright Holder: REUTERS
  • Copyright Notice: (c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2015. Open For Restrictions - http://about.reuters.com/fulllegal.asp
  • Usage Terms/Restrictions: None
Register