Sheila Christine Scott, born Hopkins on 27 April 1922 and died on 20 October 1988, was an English aviator who broke over 100 aviation records through her long-distance flights. The source lead describes a 34,000 mile flight in 1971, which she called a world and a half flight, on which she became the first person to fly over the North Pole in a small aircraft. It also states that she was the first European woman to fly solo around the world. The lead names her as an OBE but does not name the aircraft she used, the dates of her other records or her early flying career.
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What route did Sheila Scott fly on her 1971 world and a half flight?
Nairobi to London, over the North Pole, then Anchorage, San Francisco, Hawaii and Darwin, in 55 days.
In 1971 Sheila Scott flew a twin-engine Piper Aztec 250, registered G-AYTO and named Mythre, on her third solo flight around the world. The route started at Nairobi, just south of the equator, ran north to London and then crossed the North Pole, a first for a light aircraft. She continued via Anchorage and San Francisco to Hawaii, crossed the equator again on the way to Darwin, Australia, and then returned to London. The circumnavigation took 55 days, and she carried NASA equipment on the flight as part of an experimental test of satellite communications technology.
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20 October 1988
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Sheila Christine Scott OBE (née Hopkins; 27 April 1922-20 October 1988) was an English aviator who broke over 100 aviation records through her long-distance flight endeavours, which included a 34,000-mile (55,000 km) "world and a half" flight in 1971.
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