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NASM.XXXX.0152
United States. Army. Air Service
1920-1925
National Archives, Purchase, 1971, XXXX-0152, unknown
3 Cubic feet (6 boxes)
National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of correspondence, memos, newspaper articles and logbooks concerning the flight.
The documents on the microfilm are only arranged by Record Groups and not chronologically. The material covers correspondence, memos, newspaper articles, logbooks, descriptions of the Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) aircraft, memos dealing with permission to overfly and photograph foreign countries, the flight route, pilot selection, aircraft selection, equipment and weather forecasts. The decision was made during the processing to arrange the photocopied documents by subject and then chronologically.
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United States Army Around the World Flight (1924) Collection, Acc. XXXX-0152, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Flights around the world
Aeronautics, Military
Aeronautics -- Records
Endurance flights
Aeronautics
Aeronautics -- Flights
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC)
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Logs (records)
Clippings
Correspondence
Memoranda