A passenger looks out the window of a Convair 990 jet that was a Modern Air Transport charter called "Polar Bird II." The plane carried 48 passengers via the North Pole and South Pole on a unique 32-day around-the-world tour organized by Hemphill World Air Cruises of Los Angeles, California, for the Travelers' Century Club. It was the most expensive world tour of the time (1970) at $9,760 per person.
A passenger looks out the window of a Convair 990 jet that was a Modern Air Transport charter called "Polar Bird II." The plane carried 48 passengers via the North Pole and South Pole on a unique 32-day around-the-world tour organized by Hemphill World Air Cruises of Los Angeles, California, for the Travelers' Century Club. It was the most expensive world tour of the time (1970) at $9,760 per person.
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Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
Photo credit: © Michele and Tom Grimm / Alamy / Afripics
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