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by Animats
630 days ago
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It took 130 days to make it halfway, and they crashed off the Aleutian Islands. The first sort-of-successful flight around the world was by the U.S. Army Air Corps.[1]
Five planes started, two finished. Along the way, five engine changes and two wing changes. The Graf Zeppelin, in 1929, made the first real circumnavigation of the earth, carrying passengers and without a major rebuild enroute. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_aerial_circumnavigation |
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