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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Frederick Martin (general) (category United States Army Air Service pilots of World War I)
major at the time, commanded the circumnavigation and piloted the Douglas World Cruiser Seattle, until he crashed in a remote portion of the Alaskan Aleutian...
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List of circumnavigations (redirect from Circumnavigation of the world)
22 hours, 24 minutes, and 9 seconds Two open-cockpit biplanar Douglas World Cruiser floatplanes of the United States Army Air Service, piloted by Lowell...
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