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Between 6 April and 28 September 1924 a flight of specially designed Douglas aircraft operated by the United States Army Air Service completed the first aerial circumnavigation of the globe. Two of the four Douglas World Cruisers completed the 27,000 mile trip in 371 hours, 11 minutes flying time. This collection of sixty-nine 3 by 4 inch glass lantern slides appears to be a prepared set chronicling the flight.
Between 6 April and 28 September 1924 a flight of specially designed Douglas aircraft operated by the United States Army Air Service completed the first aerial circumnavigation of the globe. Two of the four Douglas World Cruisers completed the 27,000 mile trip in 371 hours, 11 minutes flying time.
NASM.1999.0061
1924
Collections Department, NASM, Transfer, 1999, NASM.1999.0061
0.58 Cubic feet (2 shoeboxes)
National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection of sixty-nine 3 by 4 inch glass lantern slides appears to be a prepared set chronicling the flight of the Douglas World Cruisers and the first World Flight by the United States Army Air Corps in 1924.
The lantern slides are presented in original order.
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1924 World Flight Glass Slide Collection, Acc. NASM.1999.0061, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Aeronautics
Aeronautics, Military
Aeronautics -- Records
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC)
Flights around the world
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Glass slides
Lantern slides