Two Iowa pilots are currently circumnavigating the globe in a Cessna 210 Centurion for purpose of raising money to eradicate polio (poliomyelitis)—a crippling, paralytic, viral disease which remains very-much-extant and ravages populations worldwide. To date, the endeavor has raised upwards of $1-million.
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"We've been trying to do this flight for four years... We were ready to go in 2020, but ten days before launch COVID-19 broke out. In 2021 COVID canceled us a second time, and last year we were ready to depart and fly via Russia when the invasion of Ukraine occurred. So this flight has been a long time coming."
Source: Peter Teahen, a Cedar Rapids funeral home director, and John Ockenfels, the retired CEO of an Iowa City recycling concern, are flying around the world in support of Polio eradication...
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