Instruments used by the Army Flyers in Flight Around the World

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Identifier2008-03-31_image_648SourceThe Peter M. Bowers Photograph Collection and Papers (2008-03-31), Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) Prints Folder 1Series2008-03-31, Series I-ACreatorUnited States. Air ForceDescriptionComposite photograph featuring instruments used by the Douglas World Cruiser crews during their around-the-world flight, 1924.

Caption: "Instruments used by the Army flyers in Flight Around the World / (Official Photograph U.S. Army Air Service)."

Inscription on verso: "Douglas World Cruiser."

Caption on verso: "4450 AC -- Instruments used by the Army Flyers in Flight Around the World: Airplane instruments board; World Flyers using sextant; Compass; Drift indicator; Sextant; Flight indicator; Airspeed indicator; Landing at sea. / U.S. Air Force photo."Creation Date1924SubjectDouglas World Cruiser (DWC)Flights around the worldAeronautical instrumentsNavigation (Aeronautics)Aids to air navigationExtent1 photograph : print, black and white ; 8 x 10 in.LanguageEnglishOriginal Formatphotographic printsBibliographic CitationThe Peter M. Bowers Photograph Collection and Papers/The Museum of FlightRightsNo copyright - United States

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