Tag: aviation history
1924 round-the-world fliers complete their mission
At 1:28 p.m. on September 28, 1924, two planes landing in Seattle made history. The Chicago and New Orleans had flown 26,345 miles in 66 days to become the first airplanes to circumnavigate the globe. Four planes had started the journey on April 6, but the Seattle and Boston had been forced down over Alaska and [...]
Posted by Mary on September 28, 2010, under - Exploration, - World War I, Rare Videos.
Tags: american history, army, aviation history, early aviation, magellans of the sky, NARA, national archives, National archives and records administration, National archives and records administration recognition day, odd history, Pieces of History, prologue blog, Prologue magazine, random history, weird US history
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Magellans of the Sky
In 1924, a group of eight Army airmen set out to be the first humans to ever circle the globe by air. On their journey over Arctic mountain passes and vast Indian deserts, they would lose half their planes and set numerous records to become what were dubbed the “Magellans of the Sky.” Listen as [...]
Posted by Rob Crotty on August 4, 2010, under - Exploration, - World War I, Rare Videos.
Tags: 1924, aerial circumnavigation of globe, air force history, army air corps, aviation history, bastille day, early aviation, flight history, lowell thomas, magellans of the sky, NARA, national archives, Pieces of History, pilots
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