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| Title | World flight plane on pontoons, 1924 |
| Photographer | Webster & Stevens |
| Date | 1924 |
| Caption | In 1924, United States army pilots became the first to fly around the world. This wasn't easy: at that time, planes were fragile and carried only a small amount of fuel. The men flew west from Seattle in four Douglas-built, single-engine, two-seater biplanes and returned to the city 176 days later. They had flown over 26, 000 miles and had worn out seventeen engines. Two of the planes crashed en route, but all of the men survived.
In this photo, one of the biplanes from the 1924 flight around the world floats on Lake Washington, near Seattle's Sand Point. The planes' pontoons were replaced by wheels when the planes were to fly over land. |
| Subjects | Airplanes; Airplane racing; Flights around the world |
| Places | Seattle (Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.11600.1 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 negative : glass, b&w; 5 x 7 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original negative using Epson Expression 10000XL as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit grayscale, resized to 700 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS4, JPEG quality measurement 4. |
| Photographer's Reference Number | W&S 105, 629 |
