THE PILOTS
Name: Truman, George W.
Nationality: USA
Licences: Military, Commercial and Instructor
Age at the time of the flight: 39.
Name: Evans, Clifford Vassar
Nationality: USA
Licences: Military, Commercial and Instructor
Age at the time of the flight: 27
THE AEROPLANES
Piper Super Cruisers PA-12 3 seats
Engine: Lycoming O-235 of 100 HP.
Construction: Tubes and fabric. Wooden wing spar.
Length: 23'1'
Wing span: 35'6"
Truman's Aeroplane:
Name: City of The Angels
Registration: NX3671M
Evan's Aeroplane:
Name: City of Washington
Registration: NX2345M
THE FLIGHT
Departure point : Teterboro, New Jersey, USA
Date: August 9, 1947
Finish point: Teterboro
Date: December 10, 1947
Duration in days: 122 days, 23 hours, 23 minutes
Flying time: 275 hours and 25 minutes
Distance: 22,500 miles
Stops: Presque Isle (Maine), Goose Bay (Labrador), Narsasuack (Greenland), Reykjavik ( Iceland), Newton Yards ( Ireland), London, Folkstone, Ypenburg (Holland), Brussels, Paris, Istres, Rome, Cairo (Egypt), Baghdad (Iraq), Dhahran (Saudi Arabia), Bahrain, Sharjah, Karachi (Pakistan), Jodhpur (India), Allahabad, Calcutta, Akias(Burma), Rangoon , Hanoi (Indochina), Hong Kong, Amoy (China), Shanghai, Fukuoka (Japan), Nagoya, Tokyo, Chitose, Nemuro, Shemya (Aleutian), Adak, Cold Bay (Alaska), Naknek , Anchorage, Big Delta, Northway, Whitehorse (Canada), Watson Lake, Fort St John, Edmonton, Leithbridge, Los Angeles, Phoenix, El Paso, Hobbs, Amarillo, El reno, Oklahoma City, Kansas City, Dayton, Harrisburg, Teterboro.
Incidents/accidents: Many days lost due to bad weather. Refusal by the Soviets to enter the Soviet Union. They caught the flu in Greenland. They were held in Dhahran by Saudi Arabia for 6 days despite having the correct paperwork.
FIRSTS:
First light aircraft to cross the Atlantic.
First light aircraft to cross the Pacific.
First light aircraft to fly around the world (City of Angels).
And the FIRST Pakistani flag to fly halfway around the world!