Pilot Polly aims for record books

A former music teacher was hoping to enter the record books today as the first solo woman pilot to circumnavigate the world via Australia and the Pacific in the smallest aircraft.

Pilot Polly aims for record books
Thu, 17 May, 2001 - 12:19

A former music teacher was hoping to enter the record books today as the first solo woman pilot to circumnavigate the world via Australia and the Pacific in the smallest aircraft.

Polly Vacher, 56, from Drayton, near Abingdon in Britain is expected to complete her journey when she touches down at Birmingham International Airport later today.

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