ARMY pilot Barry Jones will be taking off from Middle Wallop on Wednesday as he attempts to become the first person to fly around the world in an autogyro.
It will take the Warrant Officer four-months to hop his way around the globe in an aircraft made famous in the Bond movie You Only Live Twice.
He hopes to raise funds for the Dyslexia Foun-dation, the NSPCC and the Red Cross September 11 Appeal. His biggest hop will be 457 miles from Greenland to Iceland.
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