Sir Francis Chichester, KBE mb-code 1239322 watched as the two were

watched as the two were carried away on stretchers - and the thin red line became a little thinner

8th February 1975

Founder of BRM

in the centre and boats and barges on the River Thames

Sir Francis Chichester, KBE mb-code 1239322 watched as the two wereSir Francis Chichester. In 1929 Francis Chichester made the second solo flight to Australia. In 1931 he made the first solo flight across the Tasman Sea from east to west in his Gipsy Moth aeroplane fitted with floats. He took up ocean sailing in 1953 and won the first solo transatlantic race in 1960 in the Gipsy Moth III, sailing from Plymouth to New York City in 40 days. In 1966 67 he sailed around the world alone in a 55 foot sailing yacht, the