The Flying Housewife - Part 1 - UI Podcast #140

Useless Information Podcast

Airwave Media Podcast Network

History, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

In 1938, Richarda "Dikki" Morrow-Tait set off from London in an attempt to become the first woman to pilot an airplane around the world. She encountered setback after setback. Would she make it? Part 1 of this story discusses her trip from London and eastward to Alaska. Also learn about the word circumnavigation record via commercial airlines, a 1912 prediction about the horseless age, an airplane golf match, and a man who stole a railroad in broad daylight. Retrosponsor: Halo Shampoo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media Podcast.
0:05.0	Are you interested in the parts of history that remain a mystery?
0:09.0	Do you want to learn more about the historical myths and misconceptions used to prop up false belief today.
0:15.8	I'm Nathaniel Lloyd. In my podcast Historical Blindness, I delve into all of these topics,
0:22.0	sharing puzzling tales from the past, and examining
0:25.3	hoaxes, conspiracy theories, and misremembered events that provide insight into modern politics
0:31.8	and religion.
0:33.0	Find out what's real and what's not when it comes to famous conspiracy theories,
0:38.0	like those surrounding notorious assassinations and secret societies, discover the weak and deceptive
0:45.0	underpinnings of modern political ideologies and religious beliefs.
0:49.8	Join me as I attempt to shed some light on our historical blind spots.
0:55.0	New episodes every two weeks find historical blindness on most podcast players and platforms.
1:02.0	This is the useless information podcast. players and platforms.
1:03.2	This is the Useless Information Podcast.
1:06.0	I am Steve Silverman.
1:08.0	Useless information.
1:11.0	Hi everyone. The story about to hear is somewhat lengthy, so I will be telling it in two separate parts.
1:20.0	Now there is a natural break in the story so I will pause it there and I'll post the second part in a couple of weeks
1:28.0	So let's get going with part one of the story and it begins with a question. So let's suppose you wanted to take an airplane
1:36.1	flight around the globe, you know, this beautiful blue planet that we live on. And since you're probably
1:41.6	like me you don't have access to high-speed military jets,
1:45.0	you would need to make the flight using commercial airlines.
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