
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, July 5, 1990                   TAG: 9007050208
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-2   EDITION: EVENING 
SOURCE: The New York Times
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

ADVENTURER DIES AFTER LIFE OF VOYAGES THROUGH AIR, OCEAN

Marion Rice Hart, a sportswoman and author who sailed a ketch around the world and in her later years made seven solo flights across the Atlantic, the last at age 83, died of pneumonia Monday.

She was 98 and lived in Berkeley, Calif. She previously lived in Washington and New York.

Hart was 54 when she learned to fly and was 70 when in 1962 she flew a single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza non-stop across the Atlantic from Newfoundland to Ireland.

She subsequently made seven solo flights across the Atlantic and flew all over the United States, Europe, Asia, Africa and South America.

Before her flying career, Hart had captained a 72-foot ketch around the world, most of the way alone.

She wrote many magazine articles for sports publications, and was the author of three books about her adventures and navigation.

by CNB