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English: Douglas World Cruiser used on the first around-the-world flight, Seattle, 1924   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
Staff Photographer, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Title
English: Douglas World Cruiser used on the first around-the-world flight, Seattle, 1924
Description
English:

In 1924, Seattle's Sand Point Airfield functioned as the start and finish point for the first successful aerial circumnavigation of the globe. The endeavor began on April 6, with four single-engine biplanes, specially-built Douglas World Cruisers, each with a crew of two men. Two planes were lost along the way without injury to the crewmembers and an additional plane joined the attempt in Nova Scotia. The circumnavigation concluded with the three planes landing to a cheering crowd of 40,000 people on September 28, 1924. This photo of is of one of the Douglas World Cruisers used on the world flight which were remodified DT-2 Bombers with extra struts, a modified fuel system and modified tail service than the DT.

Handwritten on image: Lt. Leigh Wade. Caption information sources: HistoryLink, World Flight Chronicle, McDonnell-Douglas.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Airplanes--Washington (State)--Seattle; Air bases--Washington (State)--Seattle
Depicted place
English: United States--Washington (State)--Seattle Sand Point (Seattle, Wash.)
Date 1924
date QS:P571,+1924-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium
English: 1 glass negative: b&w
Dimensions height: 4 in (10.1 cm); width: 5 in (12.7 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,4U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,5U218593
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
Museum of History and Industry
Accession number
603
Source
English: Museum of History and Industry
Permission
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Public domain
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.
Credit Line
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved

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