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	First aerial circumnavigation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first circumnavigation of the world by air was conducted in 1924 by a team of aviators of the Army Air Service, the precursor of the United States Air Force.
		The group first looked at the existing pool of military planes but none of them was satisfactory, so they began looking outside of the air service for a plane that could be fitted with interchangeable wheeled landing gear and also with pontoons for landing on water.
		Douglas Aircraft Company's logo was later changed in commemoration of the first aerial circumnavigation.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/First_aerial_circumnavigation (993 words)

	Circumnavigation information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The route of a typical modern sailing circumnavigation, via the Suez Canal and the Panama Canal is shown in red; its antipodes are shown in yellow.
		A basic definition of a world circumnavigation would be a route which covers at least a great circle, and in particular one which passes through at least one pair of points antipodal to each other.
		Yacht racing therefore defines a world circumnavigation to be a passage of at least 21,600 nautical miles (40,000 km) in length which crosses the equator, crosses every meridian in the same direction and finishes in the same port as it starts.
	c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com /reference/Circumnavigation (1592 words)

	Expedition Planet Earth - Records
		Because a perfect circumnavigation, a flawless circle of 40,075 km is an impossibility in practical terms, a set of guidelines and parametres have been established by three different organizations defining what is required depending on the type of circumnavigation.
		A sailing yacht is restricted to the boundaries of the ocean, as a cyclist is confined to the borders of the land.
		Julie is the first Canadian woman to row across any ocean and the first woman in the world to row across the Atlantic from mainland to mainland.
	www.expeditionplanetearth.com /record.htm (979 words)

	Hill Aerospace Museum - USAF Chronology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		First flight of the German Zeppelin, a "rigid" airship that was the first aircraft to use large metal structures.
		The first aerial reconnaissance flight for the 1st Aero Squadron is conducted during the Mexican Punitive Expedition.
		The first solo non-stop transatlantic flight is completed by Charles A. Lindbergh in the Ryan NYP monoplane Spirit of St. Louis, flying from New York to Paris in 33 hours and 32 minutes.
	www.hill.af.mil /museum/history/chronology.htm (3807 words)

	Antarctic Firsts
		First crops (mustard and cress) grown in the Antarctic.
		First harvest of first crops grown in the Antarctic.
		First permanent scientific station to be established in the Antarctic, at Laurie Island, South Orkneys.
	www.antarctic-circle.org /firsts.htm (1322 words)

	Aviation History Facts: March
		The world’s first air force, the Aerostatic Corps of the Artillery Service is formed in France following a demonstration ascent from the gardens of the Chalais-Meudon on the outskirts of Paris in the hydrogen balloon L’Entreprenant, the first used for military tests.
		Called either the Henry Farman III or, because it represents a new departure, the HF1, the biplane is the first aircraft to incorporate practical ailerons attached to the trailing edges of the wings.
		The first full-scale prototype of Saab’s hi-tech JAS 39 Gripen fighter is unveiled in Sweden.
	www.centennialofflight.gov /user/fact_apr.htm (3009 words)

	Aerospaceweb.org \| Ask Us - Historic Milestones in Aerospace
		The 707 was also the first aircraft to introduce economy seating that made air travel affordable and allowed the plane to rapidly displace the train and passenger ship as the preferred method of long-distance travel (learn more).
		The first nonstop flight across the Atlantic was performed by Englishman John Alcock and Arthur Brown in 1919, but Lindbergh was the first to make the crossing solo.
		The first of these was the flight of his 1804 glider, notable because it was the first design in history that included the principal features of the modern fixed-wing aircraft configuration (learn more).
	www.aerospaceweb.org /question/history/q0154.shtml (2183 words)

	AVIATION
		He became the FIRST pilot to fly a British aircraft at the speed of sound in level flight and later twice the speed of sound, Mach 2.
		He was known as the Birdman and was the FIRST hang-glider pilot to fly higher than a mile, the FIRST to pilot a motorised hang-glider and the FIRST to build and fly a hang-glider tricycle.
		In 1932 his first child was kidnapped and murdered and the publicity surrounding the case pressed Congress into passing the Lindbergh Act aimed at centralising and enforcing state laws on kidnapping.
	web.ukonline.co.uk /m.gratton/Aviation.htm (1754 words)

	Circumnavigation - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		He died in the Philippines in 1521 during his attempted circumnavigation.
		Roman Governor Gnaeus Julius Agricola, first circumnavigation of Britain
		Yuri Gagarin in Vostok 1 was the first human spaceflight and orbited the Earth in 1961
	www.factbug.org /cgi-bin/a.cgi?a=75045 (477 words)

	Aviation History Facts: August 1
		The first woman in the United States licensed as a qualified pilot is Harriet Quimby, a drama critic.
		The first person to be ejected from an airplane by means of its emergency escape equipment is Sergeant Lambert at Wright Field in Ohio.
		The first use of electric beacons mounted on the ground to provide sight direction for night flying is made in the United States.
	www.centennialofflight.gov /user/fact_aug.htm (2919 words)

	Circumnavigation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tania Aebi, 1985–1987, American woman who completed a solo circumnavigation by the age of 20, one 80 nautical mile stretch with crew disqualified her from an official record.
		Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, 1878–1879, first circumnavigation of Eurasia.
		In 2006 Colin Angus completed the first circumnavigation of the planet entirely by human power by rowing across the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and trekking, cycling and skiing through 17 countries.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Circumnavigation (1623 words)

	Pushing the Envelope (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The world’s first military aircraft — the Wright Type A Military Flyer — became the basis of America’s aerial fleet.
		Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom was the first Air Force astronaut to orbit in a spacecraft, the Liberty Bell 7, in 1961.
		Among them: dropping the first airborne hydrogen bomb during tests in the Pacific Ocean in 1956 and completion of the longest bombing mission in history in 1991 when a B-52 crew from Barksdale Air Force Base, La., flew from the base to the Middle East to launch missiles against Iraqi targets.
	www.af.mil /news/airman/0603/firsts.html (1823 words)

	The Brighter Side of History - March 21
		At first he worked cordially with Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton, helping to reduce Southern opposition to Hamilton's plan for federal assumption of state debts in return for the selection of a site on the Potomac River for the proposed capital city.
		Her first hit, "Confess," came that same year and made her the first pop artist to overdub harmony vocals onto her own lead.
		After the first part was aired in the Spring, the audience had to wait on this cliffhanger until the Fall.
	www.amug.org /~jpaul/mar21.html (2134 words)

	Expedition Planet Earth - Itinerary
		Magellan and his crew first circled the globe in 1592 and since then many have followed their footsteps by different means.
		We will be the first to circle the earth without sails or motors, to travel the oceans by rowboat and the land by bicycle, ski, and foot.
		Upon completion, Julie become the first woman worldwide to row across the Atlantic Ocean from mainland to mainland and the duo the first to row from mainland Europe to mainland North America.
	www.expeditioncanada.com /expedition.htm (933 words)

	aviation in australia – crossing oceans - atmitchell
		With a view to further stimulating local aerial activity, in 1919 the Commonwealth Government announced a prize of £10,000 for the first Australian to fly from England to Australia.
		In 1924 the first aerial circumnavigation of Australia was completed by Goble and McIntyre, who took 44 days to fly a seaplane around Australia, due to bad weather and mechanical failure.
		A similarly heroic achievement that year was that of Queenslander Bert Hinkler who embarked on the first solo flight to Australia, taking off from Croydon, England, and arriving in Darwin on 28 February 1928 after 128 hours of flying time.
	www.atmitchell.com /journeys/history/aviation/oceans.cfm (291 words)

	AIR SPORTS INTERNATIONAL
		It was the first feat officially recorded by the Aero-Club de France and officially sanctioned by the International Aeronautics Federation.
		It was the first plane to be used as a bomber during the impending war.
		This first flight of a jet-propelled plane was followed by Fritz von Opel's more successful one, on 30 September 1929, although he, too, had landing problems.
	airsports.fai.org /nov98/nov9803.html (2087 words)

	Lowell H. Smith, Colonel, United States Army
		Smith, as the First Lieutenant, with mechanic Leslie P. Arnold, was also abroad "Chicago" airplane, which among two others made the first aerial circumnavigation in 1924.
		In 1923 he was first pilot to take part in air-to-air refueling of an aircraft.
		He was the second commander of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, a colorful figure of the old Air Corps with a military,career beginning in 1917 and ending with his death in Tucson in 1945 from injuries suffered when he fell from a horse in the Catalina Foothills.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /lsmith.htm (778 words)

	Aviation Firsts
		First use of helium as a lifting gas in an aircraft.
		The C-7 Navy dirigible was the first to use helium in a flight from from Hampton Roads, VA to Wash- ington, D.C. October 20, 1922
		On June 5, 1969 the Tu-144 became the first transport aircraft to exce- ed the speed of sound and on July 15, 1969 it be- came the first transport aircraft to exceed Mach 2."
	www.aviationtrivia.homestead.com /The_Firsts.html (4361 words)

	Brujula.Net - Your Latin Stating Point (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		To circumnavigate a place, such as an island, a continent, or the Earth, is to travel all the way around it by boat or ship.
		first aerial circumnavigation, 175 days, covering 44,360 kilometres
		Yuri Gagarin in Vostok 1 was the first human spaceflight and orbited the Earth in
	www.brujula.net /english/wiki/Circumnavigation.html (287 words)

	Did you know...Archive
		The first man to serve as mayor of Los Angeles was a 28-year old Indian named Jose Vanegas appointed in 1786 to oversee the tiny new Spanish settlement.
		The first gasoline station in Los Angeles and, in fact, the first in the United States, was opened by Earle Anthony at the corner of Grand Avenue and Washington Street in 1912.
		She was first licensed in 1877 and set up a practice in Los Angeles that same year.
	www.laalmanac.com /did_you_know_archive.htm (9137 words)

	isthisall? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		first woman to solo the Atlantic crossing, and the second person ever to do so, and the only person to fly across the Atlantic twice.
		She was the darling of budding aviation world when on July 2, 1937 she apparently perished while attempting the first aerial circumnavigation of the globe.
		While many theories persist on her demise, ranging from simple mechanical failure to being shot down by the U.S. Navy (Remember: Rosie may be able to Rivet, but she shouldn’t be outdoing the men folk) I feel the answer is obvious: She was shot down by the Loch Ness Monster.
	www.public.asu.edu /~dmccord (550 words)

	HistoryLink.org: The Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The latter's opening was marred when its giant Hammering Man sculpture took a tumble during installation on September 28, 1991, but he was soon restored to health and put to work hammering in the morning, hammering in the evening, hammering all over this land...
		High Crimes: Washington's first criminal trial convened on October 2, 1849, and led to the execution of two members of the Snoqualmie Tribe for murder.
		The territory's first legal execution of a Caucasian occurred on September 28, 1877, when John Thompson was hanged in Renton for stabbing a man during a barroom brawl.
	216.254.10.116 /this_week/thisweek2006/thisweek09_28_2006.cfm (1187 words)

	Santa Monica, California - At the End of the Mother Road
		The first white man to set foot in what would one day become Santa Monica, California was Gaspar de Portolá and his men who were exploring the area.
		Two stories attest to how the town was named, the first indicating the town was named in honor of the feast day of Santa Monica.
		In 1886, the town residents voted to incorporate Santa Monica and the first town hall was housed in a modest brick building, which later became a saloon.
	www.legendsofamerica.com /CA-SantaMonica.html (1206 words)

	Microsoft Flight Simulator Century of Flight (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In the 21st century, radial-engined aircraft are still the bush pilot's first choice for affordable ruggedness and reliability.
		It was the first of a family of radials, including the Hornet, Twin Wasp, and Double Wasp, that along with Wright radials would grow in size and output to power some of the most successful civil aircraft of the interwar years, and later a long list of great military aircraft during World War II.
		In 1932, Amelia Earhart become only the second person, and the first woman, to cross the Atlantic alone when she flew from Newfoundland to Northern Ireland in her own Lockheed Vega, in just under 15 hours.
	www.microsoft.com /games/flightsimulator/fs2004_radial_engine.asp (2681 words)

	Full Circumnavigation of Antarctica
		This commemorative voyage is not only the second ever full circumnavigation of Antarctica, it is also the 10-year anniversary of the very first passenger icebreaker voyage to the Great White Continent.
		We sail south from Lyttelton on the first leg of this remarkable journey.
		Itinerary planning has been extensive and we are assembling a first rate team of ship's officers, lecturers and experts to sail with us.
	www.lighthousetravel.com /News/full_circumnavigation_of_antarct.htm (754 words)

	Santa Monica, California City Tour - City of Santa Monica
		The first town hall was a modest 1873 brick building, later a beer hall, and now part of the Santa Monica Hostel.
		The project, which would create the nation's first public beach club, is funded by a $28 million grant from the Annenberg Foundation, but a handful of wealthy neighbors filed suit to block the project.
		The DC-3, which first flew from Clover Field, was a terrifically successful airliner that transformed the air transportation business and brought needed jobs to the city.
	www.maliburealestatehomes.com /citytour/CA/Santa-Monica.php (4157 words)

	Herbert Arthur Dargue, Major General, United States Army
		The primary mission of the First Aero Squadron was surveillance, from their Curtiss JN-2 Jennys, of the U.S.-Mexico border for smugglers, armed incursions and other violations.
		In 1916, the Squadron was detailed to Brigadier General John Pershing’s command to furnish air support and reconnaissance for the expedition to pursue Pancho Villa into Mexico.
		This entailed the first aerial circumnavigation of South America and the risk of flying almost 21,000 uncharted miles.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /hadargue.htm (1021 words)

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		With only one engine, this two seat airplane, might at first appear to be an unusual selection, but the DT-2s were rugged, had an excellent reliability record, and could be quickly reconfigured from landing gear to floats.
		With the lack of suitable airfields for the trip, the use of floats would be mandatory for a good portion of the journey.
		The World Cruisers were fitted with huge fuel tanks (773 gallons vs the normal 96.) In addition, a modification to the radiator allowed for the size to be changed depending on the climate encountered during the circumnavigation.
	www.oldbeacon.com /gallery/stokes/stokes-3.htm (492 words)

	Point Cook under threat
		It is the site of many Australian "firsts" including the departure point for the first North-South, and non stop East-West crossings, as well as the first circumnavigation of the continent.
		It was the departure point for the first Air Sea Rescue flight (Stutt/Dalzell,1920), first aerial survey flight (Hempel, 1926) the first international flight from Australia (Williams, 1926), first emergency use of a parachute (Rae, 1930) and first trials of crop dusting (Wrigley, 1930) and first official airmail to New Guinea (Ulm, 1934).
		First South/North continent crossing, Wrigley and Murphy flight in BE2e from Pt Cook to Darwin to find suitable landing ground for Smith brother's Vimy flight.
	www.ozatwar.com /ozatwar/pointcook.htm (2285 words)

	cantonrep.com
		That year, the elder Douglas staged the first aerial circumnavigation of the globe.
		He started with his father’s company in 1939 as an engineer and was appointed manager of flight testing, his first supervisory position, in 1943.
		In that post, he oversaw testing of most of the aircraft built by Douglas during the war, including the SDB dive bomber and the C-54 transport.
	www.cantonrep.com /printable.php?ID=186450 (637 words)

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