Apr 6 SI Displays Douglas World Cruiser "Chicago"

 
 

Apr 6 SI Displays Douglas World Cruiser "Chicago"

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Year: 
1974
Month: 
april
Day: 
6
Date: 
Sat, 1974-04-06

The Douglas World Cruiser Chicago is placed on exhibit in the rotunda of the Arts and Industries Building to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the first aerial circumnavigation of the globe made in 1924. It was restored by Walter R. Roderick of the Maryland Silver Hill facility.