Artifact
Douglas World Cruiser
Biplane built by Douglas for the U.S. Army Air Service, the first type of aircraft to fly around the world.
- Dates
- 1924
- Place
- Santa Monica
Connections 2
produced by
- Douglas Aircraft Company 1924 Scholarship & press 1
involved in
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First flight around the world
Primary record
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The Smithsonian gives 27,553 miles and 175 days. The National Archives gives 26,345 miles in 66 days.
Timeline 2 dates
- 1924 Douglas World Cruiser
- 1924 Douglas Aircraft Company produced Douglas World Cruiser
Proof 2 sources
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Douglas World Cruiser Chicago, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.
Scholarship & press
For the flight, the Air Service commissioned specially-built aircraft from the Douglas Aircraft Company in Santa Monica, California.
Only the New Orleans and the Chicago completed the arduous 44,085 km (27,553 mi) flight. It took 175 days, with a flying time of 371 hours 11 minutes.
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1924 round-the-world fliers complete their mission, U.S. National Archives, Pieces of History blog, 28 Sep 2010.
Primary record
At 1:28 p.m. on September 28, 1924, two planes landing in Seattle made history. The Chicago and New Orleans had flown 26,345 miles in 66 days to become the first airplanes to circumnavigate the globe.
Page history 1 change
- Tell Santa Monica's story and link entries to their stories (0.4.0)8f57652
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