Dick Rutan, who flew unrefueled around the world in 1986, and four other men were briefly stranded a mile from the North Pole
Dick Rutan, who flew unrefueled around the world in 1986, and four other men were briefly stranded a mile from the North Pole when their Antonov/PZL-Mielec An-2 biplane settled through the ice and sank on May 15. The men were rescued about 13 hr. later by a de Havilland Twin Otter operated by First...
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