On April 6, 1924, four Douglas World Cruisers and eight crewmen set out from Seattle, Washington, to attempt the first around-the-world airplane flight. Some 175 days later, on September 28, three of the bi-planes and the six men aboard became the first to circumnavigate the earth by air. Named after four major American cities -- Seattle, Chicago, Boston, and New Orleans -- the airplanes were capable of operating from both land and water and were equipped with the latest navigational aids. Signed book: The First World Flight. First edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1925. Hardcover, 6.5 x 9.75, 328 pages. Signed on the limitations page, indicating this is number 364 of 575 copies, by all six Army lieutenants that made this historic flight: Lowell Smith, Erik Nelson, Leigh Wade, Leslie Arnold, Henry Ogden, and John Harding. Also signed by the author, Lowell Thomas. In fine condition, with some light corner wear to covers. R&R COA.
