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“Golf notwithstanding, aviation has always been Palmer’s most passionate vocation,” Yocom wrote. “Palmer took his first flying lessons in his hometown of Latrobe, Pa., and in 1966 graduated from prop planes to the jets that for many tour players today are a standard mode of transportation — as passengers, not pilots. Palmer’s fly-bys when departing from tournaments were a distinctive signature throughout the 1960s and ’70s, and his versatility as a pilot was matched by several remarkable achievements. In 1969, Palmer piloted a Boeing 747 before the aircraft had gone into commercial service. In 1976, he set a round-the-world speed record that still stands. Taking off from Denver in a Lear 36 and heading east, Palmer circumnavigated the globe in 57 hours, 25 minutes and 42 seconds.”