Round-the-World Flights

Sheila Scott Makes 2nd Round-the-World Flight, Racing & Touring




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	Sheila Christine Hopkins was born on April 27, 1927 in Worcester, 
Worcestershire, England.  After attending a Worcester boarding school, Sheila 
became a nurse trainee at Haslar Naval Hospital where she tended the wounded during 
WW-II.  She married becoming Sheila Scott and early on she had a dream.  She wanted 
a grandstand seat in life to view the unfolding magical scene of endless changing 
colors in the boundless sky. She became a pilot and chose to fly barefoot. The earth 
was to become her paper and Myth her parable.
	Any plane that she flew would have the name Myth attached to it.  Eventually, 
she purchased a Piper Comanche 260 and named it, "MythToo."  Between 1965 and 1972 
she would be breaking more than 100 light-aircraft records.  In 1966 she and her 
"Myth Too" would fly solo round-the-world in an easterly direction.   She departed 
London on May 19, 1966 and returned there on June 20, 1966 setting a new light 
aircraft speed record for flying solo round-the-world. 
	She lamented, "each flight is a triumph, not only over machinery, weather and 
terrain but over oneself."
	In 1969/70 she would fly solo round-the-world for a second time in "Myth Too."  
On December 20, 1969 she took off from Gatwick Airport in London in the "England to 
Australia Air Race." Her "Myth Too" had been jinxed by someone and with severe 
weather out of Singapore, she became lost but finally was able to land in Makassar, 
Celebes Islands. She got back on course and after making the required Australian 
landings arrived in Sydney on January 3, 1970.  She didn't win the race but was 
awarded fourth in her class. Sheila commented, "I entered a race and had an 
adventure."  Sheila decided to continue flying east round-the-world in a relaxed 
fashion. Her air tour took her over the Pacific to Los Angeles, CA, across the US to 
New York City and then via Gander, Newfoundland across the Atlantic back to London.
 	In 1971 in her new Piper Astec plane, "Mythre" Sheila would fly solo 
round-the-world for her third time but adding a flight over the North Pole in her 
circumnavigation path.  Sheila was often alone but was never lonely. She passed away 
quietly in London on October 20, 1988. 

Itinerary:

Departed London, England                   12/20/69 Start of Race
	Athens, Greece 
	Karachi, Pakistan 
	Calcutta, India 
	Singapore 
	Makassar, Celebes Islands 
	Sumbawa, Indonesia                 12/25/69
	Kupang, Timor 
	Darwin, Australia 
	Alice Springs, Australia
	Adelaide, Australia                01/01/70 
	Griffith, Australia
	Sydney, Australia                  01/03/70 End of Race (won 4th in class)
	Brisbane, Australia                01/xx/70 Start of Tour
	Noumea, New Caledonia 
	Nandi, Fiji 
	Tawara Atoll, Gilbert & Ellice Isles 
	Johnston Island
	Honolulu, HI
	Los Angeles, CA 
	El Paso, TX
	New York, NY
	Gander, Newfoundland
	Shannon, Ireland
Arrived London, England                    01/xx/70 End of Tour


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