San Antonio College Library

An insufferable lout becomes a national hero after he flies nonstop around the world.

The story of the two air pilots who were the first to fly a plane around the world nonstop without refueling. "On December 14, 1986, Jeana Yeager and Dick Rutan took off from Edwards Air Force Base, in California's Mojave Desert, on their history-making flight--the first to circle the globe nonstop without refueling. The flight required almost superhuman physical and psychological effort--the two pilots spending nine days in an unpressurized cockpit,...