[Photograph 2012.201.B0223.0191]
Description:
Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Sir Francis Chichester ran into freakish weather Saturday night, just as he neared the finish line of his epic 28,500 mile solo voyage around the world. A sudden change of winds slowed his Gipsy Moth IV, which had been making a good 7 knots approaching the English Channel, to a mere 2 knots."
Date:
May 28, 1967
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Oklahoma Historical Society