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