The First Flight Around the World Carrol V. Glines and Stan Cohen When the fixed-wing flying machine reached the point where it could span distances of more than a few miles, it was inevitable that intrepid airmen would look at the globe and consider it possible to encircle it by air. The thought lingered in the minds of enthusiastic fliers all over the world in the first five years following WWI. This book is about those who were the first to succeed.
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Retired Air Force Colonel Carroll V. Glines is the author of 36 books and more than 700 magazine articles on aviation and military subjects. Three of the books are about the 1942 Doolittle Raid on Japan and he was co-author of General Jimmy Doolittle's autobiography titled I Could Never Be So Lucky Again. He was formerly editor of Air Cargo, Air Line Pilot and Professional Pilot magazines and is now the Curator for the Doolittle Library at the University of Texas, Dallas and Historian for the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders.
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Wood and Fabric Aircraft and Very Strong Men.,
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This review is from: First Flight Around the World, April 6 - Sept. 28, 1924 (Pictorial History) (Paperback)
In December of 1907 the US sent a fleet of sixteen battleships around the world to show the flag. Not nearly so well known was the flight around the world made by tha Army Air Service in 1924. Starting with four aircraft, specially built Douglas World Cruisers (DWC), two actually finished the trip, flying 26,445 miles in a flying time of 360 hours.
This book is a story of that trip. It begins with a chapter on the concept of the trip and the construction of the airplanes. The pictures in the Douglas factory showing women sewing the fabric onto the wings is a scene so different from today's world that it is unbelievable. Then when you think about it, 1924 was closer to the Civil War than it is to 2005. Most of the book is on the trip itself. It is profusely illustrated, showing the aircraft in Canada, Alaska, Japan all the way to Greenland and back to America. It's a fascinating book showing what was done with wood, fabric and very stong men.
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