On April 6, 1924, four planes reached Prince Rupert, their first stop in a flight around the world
Four U.S. Army airplanes arrived in Prince Rupert on April 6, 1924 – their first stop in what was the first-ever flight around the world, a historic 175-day journey crossing the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Oceans.
“The Seattle side-slipped, fell thirty feet, and dug the left pontoon into the sea. Imagine four tons of airplane crashing that distance into the water! The impact broke the outer struts on the left side and snapped three vertical wires. At that, they were mighty lucky.” “There were 36 Navy destroyers all positioned strategically all around the world,” Law told The Northern View.
The ambitious journey was a major statement to other global powers from the Americans following the First World War. “They’re brave. All the flyers from that era were hailed as heroes. And most of them never had children because they knew that they were taking their life in their hands every time they got in one of those airplanes.”
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