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The USS Shenandoah flew southeast toward Washington, D.C. where it made a point to fly over significant landmarks in the capital city before continuing on to their first stop at Fort Worth Naval Air Station in Texas. Moffet wrote:
"On reaching Washington we had a following wind and passed directly over Union Station, by the Capitol Dome, passed purposefully between the Washington Monument and White House, over the Navy Department, the Lincoln Memorial, and especially over the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, where the great ship paid tribute by three zooms as she passed over the Tomb. Neither in Washington nor at any other place did the ship make any detours. We were impressed with the importance of the voyage as a test, and nothing was allowed to interfere with this mission."
