May 3 & 4, 2008 Alaska State Aviation Trade Show &
Conference
Anchorage, AK
Historic Aircraft & Monuments
AIRCRAFT "CHICAGO"
Smithsonian Institute
National Air & Space Museum
Washington, DC
AIRCRAFT "NEW ORLEANS"
Museum of Flying
Santa Monica, CA
(in storage, pending restoration)
WRECKAGE, AIRCRAFT
"SEATTLE"
Heritage Museum
Anchorage, Alaska
LAST PHOTO, AIRCRAFT
"BOSTON"
North Atlantic Ocean
The New Orleans
Christening
at Sand Point, WA
MONUMENT
Granite Obelisk
Sand Point Naval Station
Seattle, WA
Today and in 1924
MONUMENT
Bronze Commemorative
Plaque
Mere Point
Casco Bay, ME
MONUMENT
Bronze Commemorative
Plaque
Attu Island
Aleutian Islands, AK
ADDITIONAL ARTIFACTS
MAY BE FOUND:
The United States
Air Force Museum
Dayton, Ohio
Museum of Flight
Seattle, Washington
The Aviation Museum of Kentucky
Bluegrass Airport
Lexington, Kentucky
History and Traditions Museum
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio, Texas
The World
Cruiser Pilots
with Author Lowell Thomas
READING AND RESOURCE LIST
This section provides
information which supports our research on the Douglas World Cruisers,
First Flight Around The World, People of Interest, Technology, Aviation
History, and Regulatory Requirements. This resource list will continue
to grow, and we encourage you to contact us about additional resources
which may contribute to The Seattle II Project's success.
BOOKS
The First World Flight, As Related By
Lts.-Smith, Nelson, Wade, Arnold, Harding, & Ogden to Lowell Thomas By Lowell Thomas
Copyright 1924
Houghton Mifflin Company, The Riverside Press, Cambridge
Around the World in 175 Days By Carrol V. Glines
Smithsonian Aviation
Mason Patrick and the Fight for Air Service
Independence By Robert P. White
Smithsonian Aviation
The First Flight Around The World: A Pictoral
History By Carroll V. Glines and Stan Cohen
Copyright 2000, ISBN 1-57510-072-X
Pictorial Histories publishing Co., Inc., Missoula, Montana
A World To Conquer By E. A. McKay
Copyright 2000, ISBN 1-57510-072-X
Pictorial Histories publishing Co., Inc., Missoula, Montana
ARTICLES
"Around
the World in 175 Days" By Peter M.
Bowers
Air Progress
Articles about the Seattle World Cruiser Association can be found in:
The Pacific
Flyer Renton Reporter
Other Articles have appeared in: Aviation Quarterly, Skyways, Air Classics & American Aviation Historical
Society Journal.
FINE ARTS
Several artists have painted scenes of the world
flight.
