Sujet
Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser, 1946. Creator: Piper Aircraft Corp..
Légende
Single engine, two seat, high wing, monoplane, yellow and red, first light aircraft to fly around the world. From August 9 to December 10, 1947, Clifford Evans and George Truman circled the globe in their Piper Super Cruisers, covering 35,897 kilometers (22,436 miles), the first time light personal aircraft accomplished such a feat. Evans flew the City of Washington while Truman flew the City of The Angels, now at the Piper Aviation Museum in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. The PA-12 was a more powerful J-5 Cruiser, with an electric starter, navigation lights, and a cabin heater. For the flight, Piper Aircraft arranged for second-hand planes and extra fuel tanks while radio and navigation equipment were also donated. Evans built a drift meter for each aircraft. Flags of each nation they visited were hand-painted on the fuselages' left sides and 53 of 55 city stops on the right sides.
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Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM21A89_036
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Property release
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Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
249,6Mo (6,2Mo) / 98,2cm x 63,7cm / 11600 x 7522 (300dpi)