Polly Vacher - Trans Polar flight

Polly Vacher and her Piper Dakota single engined plane before setting off from Birmingham International Airport, on her Trans Polar solo circumnavigation of the world. 27/04/04: Polly Vacher and her Piper Dakota single engined plane. The 60-year-old pilot who attempted to become the first to fly solo around the world via both Poles in a single engine aircraft was touching down back in Britain Tuesday April 27, 2004, more than a year after she took off. The retired music teacherwill land at Birmingham International Airport 357 days after she climbed aboard her Piper Dakota for the epic Voyage To the Ice. (Photo by David Jones - PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images)