May 28, 1997 (, Landmarks April 22), the American businessman Lin Da Vinci flying successfully orbit the Earth.


Lin Da Vinci Triumph photo with loved ones,
1997 28, a sunny morning, a Electra10E type "antique" aircraft touched down after Auckland International Airport in the west coast of the United States. After the aircraft came to a complete stop, climbed out of a middle-aged woman dressed in milky white flight filled the cockpit. She is just a single person to pilot a plane around the earth once victorious return Lin da Vinci.
this successful expedition flight called the historic feat. Lasted 73 days, stay 19 countries, the actual flying 225 hours in the air, a total distance of over 41.8 thousand kilometers.
Finch is an experienced pilot, has flown 8000 hours accumulated. One day, she heard a Lockheed 1935 production Electra10E type old aircraft, Wisconsin, was abandoned in the wild, like dilapidated, built above the Bird's Nest. Finch on the determination not only to repair and refit it, but also to pilot a plane around the Earth for a week. Repair and refit it, a U.S. aircraft engine company spent more than 500 million U.S. dollars.
Finch in the flight of up to 73 days, experienced various ups and downs. Her caught a fish on Christmas Island, suffering from a cold in Calcutta, in Tarawa beach collecting shells, bitten by mosquitoes in Surabaya, Queen's Shrine visit in Egypt in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, visit the Martin Luther King girls' school. In little worthy of Staten Island, she slept mats, 50 of the island's indigenous artificially She held a feast, but she needs to bring their own soup spoon. Driving
Finch aircraft Electra10E aircraft, machine the shape of "antique", but the very state-of-the-art navigation and communication equipment on the machine. One-click button, you can know the exact location of the flight. In flight, she was able to send and receive e-mail, and received many enthusiasts around the world, a large number of letters on her website. The 46-year-old
Finch, is a successful entrepreneur, there are million of assets, adoption of a two-year-old daughter Katie. Someone asked her: "What are the intentions of the future? Finch replied: "Go back to continue doing my business to take care of my garden. "