Adventure lives on for high-flying pensioner Roma Byron, 73 (above).She flew to the Antarctic at the age of 68, went trekking in China and Tibet at 70 and put on her walking shoes for a 56- day trip around Australia the following year.And she made aviatio

Adventure lives on for high-flying pensioner Roma Byron, 73 (above).She flew to the Antarctic at the age of 68, went trekking in China and Tibet at 70 and put on her walking shoes for a 56- day trip around Australia the following year.And she made aviation history in Sydney yesterday as a passenger in the first commercial airship flight in modern times.Mrs. Byron joined 11 other passengers for what she described as "a trip of a lifetime, never to be repeated".As she boarded the $8 million airship at Bankstown Airport, she said: "This is a marvellous experience for me, one which I will never forget." May 2, 1987. (Photo by Philip Wayne Lock/Fairfax Media via Getty Images).
Adventure lives on for high-flying pensioner Roma Byron, 73 (above).She flew to the Antarctic at the age of 68, went trekking in China and Tibet at 70 and put on her walking shoes for a 56- day trip around Australia the following year.And she made aviation history in Sydney yesterday as a passenger in the first commercial airship flight in modern times.Mrs. Byron joined 11 other passengers for what she described as "a trip of a lifetime, never to be repeated".As she boarded the $8 million airship at Bankstown Airport, she said: "This is a marvellous experience for me, one which I will never forget." May 2, 1987. (Photo by Philip Wayne Lock/Fairfax Media via Getty Images).
Adventure lives on for high-flying pensioner Roma Byron, 73 (above).She flew to the Antarctic at the age of 68, went trekking in China and Tibet at 70 and put on her walking shoes for a 56- day trip around Australia the following year.And she made aviatio
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