The Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) was developed to meet a requirement from the United States Army Air Service for an aircraft suitable for an attempt at...
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First aerial circumnavigation (redirect from First around the world flight)
John Harding Jr. made the trip in two single-engined open-cockpit Douglas World Cruisers (DWC) configured as floatplanes for most of the journey. Four more...
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Dayton, Ohio, to be modified. The modified aircraft known as the Douglas World Cruiser (DWC), also was the first major project for Jack Northrop who designed...
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(832 kg) aerial torpedo Related development Douglas World Cruiser Francillon, Rene J. (1988). McDonnell Douglas Aircraft since 1920. Vol. 1 (2nd revised ed...
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Circumnavigation (redirect from World cruise)
175 days, covering 44,360 kilometres (27,560 mi), with examples of the Douglas World Cruiser biplane. In 1949, the Lucky Lady II, a Boeing B-50 Superfortress...
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renamed O-5 for Japanese service from 1920 to 1921 Douglas World Cruiser, also designated as Douglas O-5 De Havilland Canada Dash 7, also designated as...
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In 1925, Aleuts were recorded as using the term to describe the Douglas World Cruiser aircraft which passed through Atka on the first aerial circumnavigation...
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museum's Lockheed Super Constellation was stored in the facility. A Douglas World Cruiser reproduction project was also underway in the plant. All remaining...
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the first aerial circumnavigation world flight in 1924. Lt. Harding was the co-pilot of the Douglas World Cruiser: New Orleans. He and the other aviators...
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Santa Monica Airport (section World War II)
circumnavigation of the world by air, accomplished by the U.S. Army in a fleet of special custom built aircraft named the Douglas World Cruiser, took off from...
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