The Flight of 200 Yankee Part 5

Description

As part of the bicentennial celebrations of the American Revolution, this film documents golf celebrity and pilot Arnold Palmer as he joined together with two Learjet pilots, James E. Bir and Lewis L. Purkey and aviation writer, Robert Serling, to set a business jet speed record circumnavigating the globe. Their plane, a Learjet 36 (N200Y) called "Freedom Way USA" (also known as 200 Yankee) took off from Denver, Colorado on May 17, 1976 and arrived back at Stapleton Airport in Denver on May 19, 1976 having flown round-the-world in two days, nine hours, 25 minutes and 42 seconds.

Collection

Records of the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration

Series

Motion Picture Films Relating to the American Revolution Bicentennial