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Douglas World Cruiser Flight Crews, circa 1924

The Douglas World Cruiser was one of the most famous of the early Douglas airplanes. Ordered by the U.S. Army Air Service in 1923, five Douglas World Cruisers were built for the sole purpose of attempting the first circumnavigation of the globe by air. On April 6, 1924 four Douglas World Cruisers took off from Sand Point on Lake Washington on the first leg of their long flight. On Sept. 28, they returned to Seattle. They had logged 27,553 miles in six months and six days, with an actual flying time of 371 hours. They had touched down in 28 countries and had crossed the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The flight was the greatest feat in aviation up to that time and earned the Douglas Aircraft Co. its motto, "First Around the World."
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Unique identifier BI217190 
Boeing ID 9r 
Type Image 
Size 2988px × 1904px   5MB 
License type RM 
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