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Peter M. Bowers Photograph Collection and Papers
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Series I-A - Aircraft Files
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Instruments used by the Army Flyers in Flight Around the World
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Identifier
2008-03-31_image_648
Source
The Peter M. Bowers Photograph Collection and Papers (2008-03-31), Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) Prints Folder 1
Series
2008-03-31, Series I-A
Creator
United States. Air Force
Description
Composite 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 Date
1924
Subject
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC)
Flights around the world
Aeronautical instruments
Navigation (Aeronautics)
Aids to air navigation
Extent
1 photograph : print, black and white ; 8 x 10 in.
Language
English
Original Format
photographic prints
Bibliographic Citation
The Peter M. Bowers Photograph Collection and Papers/The Museum of Flight
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No copyright - United States
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Peter M. Bowers Photograph Collection and Papers
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Series I-A - Aircraft Files
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public domain
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United States. Air Force,
Instruments used by the Army Flyers in Flight Around the World
, [2008-03-31_image_648]. Museum of Flight Digital Collections, accessed 10/12/2025, https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/nodes/view/10826