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World Fliers Start Alaska-to-World Flight From Seattle
Lowell Thomas chronicles the April 6 1924 departure of the world fliers led by Maj. Martin. The crew departed Lake Washington in four Liberty-engined cruisers, saluted by escort planes, passing Vancouver Island through fog and rain as they headed toward Alaska on the first leg of their bid to circle the globe.
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Filera
Patrick
Times
New Orleans
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Boston
Atlantic Ocean
Lake Michigan
Chicago
Seattle
Lake Washington
David Whitcomb ,Jr
Chamber of Commerce
Maj. Martin
Car Connell
United States Air Service
Air Service
T. J. Kooniga
World Fliers
Sand Point Field
Alaska
Passage
Puget Sound
Les Arnold
Jack
Harding
United States
Polar Rim
Arnold
Les
Douglas
Prince Rupert
Sitka
Dutch Harbor
Olympic Peninsula
Canadian Rockies
Rainier
Ahde
Northwest
Straits
Juean de Fuca
Puget
Japan
Hawaii
Rene
Australia
Washington
Bellingham
Strait of Georgia
Vancouver Island
British Columbia
Victoria
Vancouver
Mount Rainier
Canada
Lowell
Discovery
Johnstone’ Straits
Johnstone
Chicago Tribune Newspaper Syndicate
McClure
Burlington
Pacific Northwest
Spokane
Tacoma
Portland
California
Great Northern
M. M. Hubbert
General Eastern
Longacre
York
H. Whitlock
Finance
Philadelphia
Great Northern RY