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POLE TO POLE
AROUND THE WORLD JOURNEY
by Grant Boyd
Looking down at the fuel gauge and seeing only 20 minutes worth of JET A remain- ing is enough to catch the attention of
any aviator, let alone one who is flying across remote, unknown territory. This was just one of the many notable events Robert DeLaurentis recalled from his recent Pole to Pole expedition in his heavily modified 1983 Gulfstream Twin Commander 900.
On November 16, 2019, he started what became an 8-month, 23-day journey that took him to almost two dozen countries. The nearly 140 hours of flying included time over oceans, rainforests, mountains, deserts, plus 12 and 18-hour legs over the vast land- scape that makes up the Earth’s southernmost and northernmost points.
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