Photo of Robinson R-44 Astro, G-MURY, Smithsonian Museum

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Photo of Robinson R-44 Astro, G-MURY, Smithsonian Museum
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Aircraft

Location & Date

Type: Robinson R-44 Astro
Aircraft Reg: G-MURY
MSN / CN: 0201

Operator: Smithsonian Museum

Picture Category: Helicopter / Preserved

Picture ID: 1038695

Location: Washington - Dulles International (IAD / KIAD)
Country: USA - Virginia
Date: 8th September 2010

Photographer

Derek Gaynor

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Comments: G-MURY has flown around the world twice with Jennifer Murray at the controls. From May 10 to August 8, 1997, with her instructor, Quentin Smith, she became the first person to pilot a piston-powered helicopter around the world and the first woman to fly a helicopter around the world.