Robert Fulton, 95; inventor traveled globe on motorcycle

Chicago Sun-Times | May 14, 2004 | Copyright

Robert Fulton was probably the first man to circumnavigate the globe on a motorcycle. He recounted his experiences in a book, One Man Caravan (1937), illustrated with photographs of the sights and people he had encountered.

Later he became an inventor, responsible for developing the world's first combat gunnery simulator, the first flying car to be certified by the American Civil Aeronautics Administration, and the Skyhook air-sea rescue system, which fishes Sean Connery out of the sea at the end of "Thunderball."

Mr. Fulton died May 7 in Newtown, Conn. He was 95.

Mr. Fulton's global odyssey ...

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