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Photograph of three Douglas World Cruiser aircraft on a beach, Alaska, 1924. The "New Orleans" is in the foreground. The first aerial circumnavigation of the world was completed in 1924 by four aviators from an eight-man team of the United States Army Air Service, the precursor of the United States Air Force.
The prototype Douglas World Cruiser seaplane (s/n 23-1210). It was substituted for DWC Boston (23-1231) late on in the round-the-world trip. "P318" on the tail is the Wright Field test number. (circa 1924) Douglas World Cruiser Chicago at the Barron Hilton Pioneers of Flight Gallery at the National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C.
Archibald Stuart Charles Stuart-MacLaren was an early British aviator who led the British attempt to win the race between nations to make the first aerial circumnavigation of the globe in 1924. Stuart-MacLaren received his Aviator’s Certificate (No. 1310) from The Royal Aero Club of the United Kingdom on 4 June 1915.
April 24 – French Captain Georges Pelletier d'Oisy and Adjutant Lucien Besin depart Paris eastbound in a Breguet 19.A.2, beginning an attempt to fly around the world. They will be forced to end their attempt in May in Shanghai. [10] April 26 – Imperial Airways makes its first scheduled flight, from Croydon Aerodrome to Paris, using a de ...
Solar Impulse the first round-the-world solar flight in history. [36] United States Army Air Service, Lowell H. Smith and Leslie P. Arnold, and Erik H. Nelson and John Harding Jr. 175 calendar days, and covered 26,345 miles (42,398 km) 17 March 1924 28 September 1924
A 1924 newspaper predicted what life would be like today. ... but more than 20 buildings around the world meet or exceed that height. ... in-flight entertainment is often a good chance to catch up ...
Bart Gray, Madison Comprehensive High School 1995 graduate, is one of four pilots who plan to commemorate the 100th anniversary of an historic around-the-world flight starting April 4 and ...
The 1924 Paris Games saw over 3,000 elite athletes and more than 600,000 spectators descend on the city to take part in and witness Olympic summer sports, like swimming, gymnastics, track and ...