This Day in Aviation History
July 11th, 1938
Howard Hughes sets out on a flight to circumnavigate the globe in a Lockheed 14 Super Electra.

Howard Hughes flew a Super Electra (NX18973) on a global circumnavigation flight. With four crewmates (Harry Connor, copilot and navigator; Tom Thurlow, navigator; Richard Stoddart, radio operator; and Ed Lund, flight engineer), the Lockheed 14 took off from Floyd Bennett Field in New York on July 10, 1938 at 5:20 PM. The flight, which circled the narrower northern latitudes, passed through Paris, Moscow, Omsk, Yakutsk, Fairbanks, Alaska and Minneapolis before returning to New York on July 14 at 1:37 PM. The total distance flown was 14,672 mi (23,612 km) and total time was 3 days, 19 hours, 17 minutes….

Source:
Wikipedia, Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra: http://gstv.us/1HrV0q9

YouTube, Howard Hughes Flight Around the World 1938: http://gstv.us/1HrV7Sv

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