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December 28, 2003

Gus McLeod Plans Polar Flight

Gus McLeod has a dream. The Gaithersburg (MD) pilot wants to set a record for flying over both the North and South Poles in a single-engine piston aircraft. He wants to show "there's still magic in aviation." The 49-year old father of three leaves Monday in his one-of-a-kind, Korean-built Velocity Firefly. McLeod, who became the first man to ever fly over the North Pole in an open-cockpit aircraft, will make the flight in a Velocity "Firefly," obtained from Korean Aerospace Research. "It flies like a little race car," said McLeod, who owns a medical supply company. "It's just a little rocket sled." The pusher-prop canard aircraft is designed for long-range flight at more than 200 kts. "They told me the writing said 'Korean Aerospace Research,' " McLeod said. "It could say 'This is

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