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Thu, Sep 21, 2017

Breitling DC-3 Wraps Up Its World Tour

Returns To Geneva Where The Journey Began Last March

Having departed from Geneva last March, the Breitling DC-3 made its grand return to Switzerland after circling the globe, landing in Sion where 100,000 passionate enthusiasts had gathered to attend the Breitling Sion Airshow 2017. A new feat for this legendary plane still in perfectly flightworthy condition and which is celebrating its 77th birthday this year.

To share its passion for aviation with a broad audience around the planet, Breitling launched its DC-3 on a world tour in stages that notably included the Balkans, the Middle East, India, South East Asia, the Pacific and North America.

This “Breitling DC-3 World Tour” came to a fitting conclusion in Sion, where the propeller-driven twin-engine plane arrived escorted by the Frecce Tricolori, the elite Italian Air Force squadron. A press conference enabled the aircraft captain Francisco Agullo to present the key challenges and stages of this journey spanning 24,500 nautical miles.

Breitling has in fact chosen to donate two Swiss francs to UNICEF for each mile covered. At the Breitling Sion Airshow 2017, the Breitling DC-3 shared star billing with other formations and ambassadors of the brand, such as the Breitling Jet Team, the Breitling Wingwalkers and the flying man Franky Zapata on his Flyboard Air.

(Images provided with Breitling news release)

FMI: www.breitling.com

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