March 27th
March 21st - 26th
Daily Flight Information:
The World Flyers are preparing their aircraft for the official start of the Round-the-World flight on April 4th.
The World Flyers are preparing their aircraft for the official start of the Round-the-World flight on April 4th.
After arrival at Sand Point, Seattle, Washington on March 20th, the eight members -- four pilots and four mechanics -- have begun to prepare for the official start of their world flight currently scheduled for April 4th
The first hop of their more than 26,000 mile journey will take them from Sand Point, north up the coast of British Columbia to the port city of Prince Rupert approximately 600 miles distant.
Later this week, the planes will be hoisted up so that the wheels can be replaced by pontoons. The pontoons are necessary because the sparsely inhabited country into which the flyers will travel has few if any prepared landing strips. The pontoons allow the planes to land in the protected harbors of port cities along the route through Canada, Alaska and across the northern Pacific into Japan.
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