Howdy!

Welcome to the official site of the Seattle World Cruiser Project. Celebrating the first circumnavigation of the globe by air.

Douglas World Cruiser Landing at Sand Point Naval Air Station upon completion of round the world flight.
DWC boxes

HOWDY NEW YEAR!

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the first flight around the world. Unfortunately, due to a variety of circumstances, we will not be flying the Cruiser around the world. We know this will come as a disappointment to many, as certainly it is to us. For a variety of reasons, not the least of is the logistics of trying to navigate around the events on the world stage these days (especially in an open cockpit biplane), we have decided it is no longer practical or safe to proceed with our own world flight.

However, we still have plans to celebrate the centennial in other ways. Stay tuned to this website and our Instagram feed for more information as we finalize those plans.

As always, we thank all of you for your support of the project, particularly our amazing crew of volunteers that have helped us over the years.

Our best wishes to all of you for a happy and healthy New Year.

Cheers,

Bob & Diane

1924 WORLD FLIGHT CHRONICLE

In observance of the 100th anniversary of the Douglas World Cruisers, we are providing daily year to date information of the 1924 world flight as it progressed around the globe. The information and content provided here is based on, and courtesy of the National Museum of the United States Air Force’s 1999 celebration of the 75th anniversary of the World Flight. Click here to go directly to the Chronicles.