Guggenheim Tour—48 states, visited 92 cities,...
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Before Charles Lindbergh left for Paris, Harry Guggenheim, a North Shore multimillionaire and aviation enthusiast, visited him at Curtiss Field. "When you get back from your flight, look me up," said Guggenheim, who later admitted he didn't think there was much chance Lindbergh would survive the trip.
Lindbergh remembered and did call upon his return. It was the beginning of a friendship that would have a profound impact on the development of aviation in the United States. The two decided Lindbergh would make a three-month tour of the United States, paid for by a fund Harry and his father, Daniel, had set up earlier to encourage aviation-related research.
Daniel Guggenheim Fund sponsored Lindbergh on a three month nation-wide tour. Flying the "Spirit of St. Louis," he touched down in 48 states, visited 92 cities, gave 147 speeches, and rode 1,290 miles in parades.
"Lindbergh was seen by literally millions of people as he flew around the country," said Richard P. Hallion, historian for the Air Force and the author of a book on the Guggenheims. "Airmail usage exploded overnight as a result," and the public began to view airplanes as a viable means of travel.
In addition, Lindbergh spent a month at Guggenheim's Sands Point mansion, Falaise, while writing "We," his best-selling 1927 account of his trip.
July 20, 1927 to October 23, 1927
This Picture appears in Richard P. Hallion's Legacy of Flight and lists left to right: Prof Alexander Kleim, NYU Army test pilot Lt Stanley Umstead; Admiral Cone; Harry Guggenheim (looking at circling airplane); Charles Lindbergh; test pilot Thomas Carroll; Army field manager Capt. Walter Bender; F.K. Teichmann, NYU. |
The tour of the United States, starting at Mitchel Field, Long Island, New York, July 20, 1927, and ending at Mitchel Field on October 23, 1927, was sponsored by the Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics. The excessive time spent in flying between many of the cities visited on his tour was caused by requests from other cities whose inhabitants wished to see the Spirit of St. Louis circle overhead. Also extra time was usually allowed for the possibility of encountering head winds and having to detour weather areas en route. On several occasions, long "exploration" detours were made over interesting portions of the country. The tour consumed 260 hours and 45 minutes of flying time, and covered about 22,000 miles. Eighty-two stops were made. The Spirit of St. Louis arrived late only once (at Portland, Maine, because of fog).
Spirit of St. Louis Flight Log while on the Guggenheim Tour
The following Guggenheim Tour flight log is from the book, "The Spirit of St. Louis", by Charles Lindbergh, 1953. Please visit the Spirit Log Web page to view the complete flight log of the Spirit of St. Louis.
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July 20, 1927 | Mitchel Field, L.L., to Hartford, Connecticut (Flew via Niantic, Conn.) |
1 hr. 35 min. |
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July 21, 1927 | Hartford to Providence, Rhode Island (Flew via Springfield, Mass.) |
1 hr. 35 min. |
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July 22, 1927 | Providence to Boston, Massachusetts (Flew via Bristol, Conn.; Pawtucket, Woonsocket, R.I.; Worcester, Mass.) |
1 hr. 35 min. |
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July 23, 1927 | Boston to Concord, New Hampshire (Flew via Lynn, Lowell, Mass.; Nashua, N.H.; Portland, Me. Circled vicinity of Portland for two and a half hours, in fog, attempting to find flying field.) |
5 hrs. 00 min. |
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July 24, 1927 | Concord, NH to Portland, Maine (Circled vicinity of Portland for one and half hours, in fog, hunting for flying field. Finally landed on Orchard Beach.) |
2 hrs. 45 min. |
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July 25, 1927 | Orchard Beach to Portland Airport (Flew via Portland) Portland to Concord, NH: (Flew via South Poland, ME; Mt. Hope, White Mountains, Lake Winnipesauke, Manchester, NH.) |
0 hrs. 30 min. 2 hrs. 20 min. |
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July 26, 1927 | Concord to Springfield, Vermont (Flew via Lebanon, Hanover, N.H.; Rutland, Vt.; Claremont, N.H.) |
2 hrs. 10 min. |
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July 27, 1927 | Springfield to Albany, N.Y.
(Flew via Plymouth, Vt.; Kenne, N.H.; Brattleboro, Bennington, Vt.; Catskill Mountains, N.Y.) |
2 hrs. 45 min. |
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July 28, 1927 | Albany to Schenectady, N.Y. (Flew via Troy, Glen Falls, Lake George, N.Y) Schenectady to Syracuse, N.Y. (Flew via Little Falls, Utica, Rome, N.Y.) |
1 hr. 45 min. 2 hrs. 15 min. |
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July 29, 1927 | Syracuse to Rochester, N.Y.
Rochester to Buffalo, N.Y. (Few via Batavia, Lockport, Niagara Falls, N.Y.; Niagara Falls, Ont.) |
1 hr. 15 min. 2 hrs. 00 min. |
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August 1, 1927 | Buffalo to Cleveland, Ohio (Flew via Jamestown, Chattauqua, N.Y.; Erie, Pa.) |
2 hrs. 15 min. |
The following pictures were provided by William F. Brown, III. They were discovered in his grandmother's house. The writing on the back looks similar to his grandfather (who died in 1932), however, William does not know if family members lived in or visited Cleveland, Ohio. The |
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August 3, 1927 | Cleveland to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Flew via Gates Mills, Akron, Massillon, Canton. Alliance, Youngstown, Ohio; Newcastle, Pa.) |
2 hrs. 30 min. |
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August 4, 1927 | Pittsburgh to Wheeling, West Virginia (Flew via East Liverpool, Steubenville, Ohio) |
1 hr. 45 min. |
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August 5, 1927 | Wheeling to McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio (Flew via Columbus, Ohio) McCook Field to Vilbur Wright Field Wilbur Wright Field to McCook Field |
2 hrs. 25 min. 0 hrs. 10 min. 0 hrs. 15 min. |
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August 6, 1927 | McCook Field, Dayton, to Cincinnati, Ohio (Flew via Franklin, Middletown, Hamilton, Ohio). |
1 hr. 15 min. |
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August 8, 1927 | Cincinnati to Louisville, Kentucky (Flew via Lawrenceburg, Aurora, Rising Sun, Vevay, Inc.) Lietenant Philip R. Love piloted the Spirit of St. Louis on one flight in the vicinity of the field |
1 hr. 35 min. 0 hrs. 10 min. |
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August 9, 1927 | Louisville to Indianpolis, Indiana (Flew via Camp Knox, Ky.) |
2 hrs. 25 min. |
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August 10, 1927 | Indianapolis to Ford Airport, Detroit, Michigan (Flew via Kokomo, Ft. Wayne, Ind.; Toledo, Ohio). |
4 hrs. 10 min. |
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August 11, 1927 | Ford Airport One flight, carrying Henry Ford (This was Henry Ford's first flight in an airplane.) One flight, carrying Edsel Ford |
0 hrs. 10 min. 0 hrs. 10 min. |
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August 12, 1927 | Ford Airport, Detroit, to Grand Rapids, Mich. (Flew via Saginaw, Lansing, Ionia, Mich.) One flight, carrying Mother |
2 hrs. 05 min. 0 hrs. 20 min. |
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August 13, 1927 | Grand Rapids to Chicago, Illinois (Flew via Kalamazoo, Benton Harbor, St. Joseph, Mich.) |
2 hrs. 15 min. |
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August 15, 1927 | Chicago to Springfield, Ill. (Flew via Moosehart, Aurora, Joliet, Peoria, Ill). Springfield to St. Louis, Mo. |
2 hrs. 35 min. |
Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Lindbergh standing next to "his" 1927 LaSalle roadster in St. Louis in August 1927. From newspaper accounts, I understand that he was picked up in "his roadster" by the manager of Lambert Field upon his arrival on August 15, 1927. Source; Richard Stanley |
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August 17, 1927 | St. Louis to Kansas City, Mo. (Flew via Chamois, Jefferson City, Mo.) |
3 hrs. 45 min. |
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August 18, 1927 | Kansas City to Wichita, Kansas (Flew via Osawatomie, St. Scott, Girard, Chanute, Kan.) |
3 hrs. 15 min. |
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August 19, 1927 | Wichita to St. Joseph, Mo. (Flew via Junction City, Ft. Riley, Ft. Leavenworth, Kan.) St. Joseph to Moline Airport, Tri-Cities (Flew via Ottumwa, Muscatine, Ia.) |
3 hrs. 10 min. 3 hrs. 30 min. |
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August 20, 1927 | Moline Airport to Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Flew via Dixon, Rockford, Ill.; Beloit, Wis.) |
2 hrs. 35 min. |
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August 22, 1927 | Milwaukee to Madison, Wis. (Flew via Waukesha, Fond du Lac, Oshkosh, Wis.) |
2 hrs. 50 min. |
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August 23, 1927 | Madison to Minneapolis, Minnesota (Flew via Portage, La Crosse, Wis.; Winona, Red Wing, Minn.) |
4 hrs. 00 min. |
Charles Lindbergh, appearing in Minneapolis with pilot Jimmy Wright, and associates" |
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August 25, 1927 | Minneapolis to Little Falls, Minn. (Flew via Savage, Shakopee, St. Cloud, Melrose, Sauk Center, Minn.) |
2 hrs. 20 min. |
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August 26, 1927 | Little Falls to Fargo, North Dakota (Flew via Lake Itasca, Minn.) |
2 hrs. 50 min. |
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August 27, 1927 | Fargo to Sioux Falls, South Dakota (Flew via Aberdeen, Redfirld, Huron, Mitchell, S.D.) Sioux Falls to Sioux City, Iowa |
4 hrs. 30 min. 1 hr. 15 min. |
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August 29, 1927 | Sioux City to Des Moines, Iowa (Flew via Battle Creek, Ia.) |
2 hrs. 20 min. |
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August 30, 1927 | Des Moines to Omaha, Nebraska (Flew via Ft. Des Moines, Ia.) |
2 hrs. 00 min. |
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August 31, 1927 | Omaha to Denver, Colorado (Flew via Columbus, Lincoln, Hastings, Kearney, Lexington, McCook, Neb.; Bird City, Kan.; Imperial, Neb.) |
7 hrs. 45 min. |
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September 1, 1927 | Denver to Pierre, S.D. (Flew via Rocky Mountain National Park, Long's Peak, Creeley, Col.; Scotts Bluff, Neb.) |
6 hrs. 35 min. |
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September 2, 1927 | Pierre to Cheyenne, Wyoming (Flew via Philip, Hermosa, President Coolidge's summer home, Rapid City, Spearfish, Deadwood, S.D.) |
5 hrs. 30 min. |
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September 3, 1927 | Cheyenne to Salt Lake City, Utah (Flew via Laramie, Parco, Rawlins, Wy.; Craig, Col.; Mt. Pleasant, Ut. Took plane up to 19,800 feet indicated altitude, en route.) |
7 hrs. 35 min. |
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September 4, 1927 | Salt Lake City to Boise, Idaho (Flew via Bingham, Ogden, Ut.; Oakley, Twin Falls, Id.) |
4 hrs. 30 min. |
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September 5, 1927 | Boise to Butte, Montana | 3 hrs. 35 min. |
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September 6, 1927 | Butte to Helena, Mont. (Flew via Swan Lake Camp, Highgate, Mt. Cleveland, Glacier National Park, Blackfoot, Sweetgrass, Mon.; Milk River, Alb.; Great Falls, Mon.) |
6 hrs. 45 min. |
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September 7, 1927 | Helena to Butte, Mon. (Flew via Billings, Mon.; Yellowstone Lake, Old Faithful Geyser, Wy.) |
6 hrs. 05 min. |
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September 12, 1927 | Butte to Spokane, Washington (Flew via Anaconda, Bonner, Missoula, Mon.; Wallace, Id.) |
3 hrs. 50 min. |
Click to Enlarge Picture was taken in Spokane Washington in September, 1927. My Grandfather worked for Standard Oil in the area and filled the palne with fuel. -Ron Beasley |
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September 13, 1927 | Spokane to Seattle, Wash. (Flew via Walla Walla, Pasco, Yakina, Renton, Wash.) |
5 hrs. 15 min. |
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September 14, 1927 | Seattle to Portland, Oregon (Flew via Tacoma, Ft. Lewis, Olympia, Aberdeen, Centralia, Chehalis, Home Valley, Wash.) |
4 hrs. 45 min. |
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September 16, 1927 | Portland to San Francisco, Cal. (Flew via Vancouver, Wash.; Silverton, Chemawa, Salem, Corvallis, Eugene, Crater Lake, Medford, Ore.; Mt. Shasta's Peak, Anderson, Red Bluff, Cal.) One flight, around Mills Field |
7 hrs. 05 min. 0 hrs. 05 min. |
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September 17, 1927 | San Francisco to Oakland, Cal. (Flew via Mt. Tamalpais; Golden Gate.) Oakland to Sacramento, Cal. (Flew via Livermore, Lathrop, Stockton, Cal.) |
1 hr. 25 min. 1 hr. 35 min. |
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September 19, 1927 | Sacramento to Reno, Nevada (Flew via Livermore, Cal.) |
3 hrs. 35 min. |
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September 20, 1927 | Reno to Los Angeles, Cal. (Flew via Carson City, Nev.; Yosemite Park, Death Valley, Cal.) |
7 hrs. 00 min. |
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September 21, 1927 | Los Angeles to San Diego, Cal. (Flew via Pomona, Cal.) |
2 hrs. 25 min. |
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September 23, 1927 | One flight, carrying B. Franklin Mahoney
San Diego to Tucson, Arizona (Flew via El Centro, Cal.; Mexicali, Mexico; Yuma, Ariz.) |
0 hrs. 05 min. 5 hrs. 05 min. |
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September 24, 1927 | Tucson to Lordsburg, New Mexico (Flew via Silver City, Ft. Bayard, N.M.) Lordsburg to El Paso, Texas (Flew via Chihuahua, Mexico.) |
3 hrs. 10 min. 2 hrs. 25 min. |
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September 25, 1927 | El Paso to Santa Fe, New Mexico (Flew via Las Cruces, Albuquerque, N.M.) |
4 hrs. 05 min. |
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September 26, 1927 | Santa Fe to Abilene, Tex. (Flew via Crosbyton, Roaring Springs, Stamford, Tex.) Abilene to Ft. Worth, Tex. (Flew via Jacksboro, Bridgeport, Tex.) |
5 hrs. 45 min. 2 hrs. 50 min. |
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September 27, 1927 | Fort Worth to Dallas, Tex. (Flew via Alvarado, Hillsboro, Waxahachie, Tex.) |
2 hrs. 00 min. |
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September 28, 1927 | Dallas to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Flew via Denton, Tex.; Ardmore, Sulphur, Pauls Valley, Okla.) |
3 hrs. 00 min. |
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September 30, 1927 | One flight, carrying Donald E. Keyhoe Oklahoma City to Tulsa, Okla. (Flew via Stillwater, Pawhuska, Okla.) |
0 hrs. 05 min. 2 hrs. 35 min. |
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October 1, 1927 | Tulsa to Muskogee, Okla. Muskogee to Little Rock, Arkansas (Flew via Ft. Smith, Van Buren, Booneville, Ark.) |
1 hr. 00 min. 2 hrs. 40 min. |
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October 3, 1927 | Little Rock to Memphis, Tennessee (Flew via Pine Bluff, Helena, Ark.) |
3 hrs. 00 min. |
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October 4, 1927 | One flight, carrying Earl C. Thompson | 0 hrs. 25 min. |
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October 5, 1927 | Memphis to Chattanooga, Tenn. (Flew via Florence, Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, Tuscumbia, Ala.) Chattanooga to Birmingham, Alabamam |
4 hrs. 40 min. 2 hrs. 30 min. |
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October 7, 1927 | Birmingham to Jackson, Mississippi (Flew via Columbus, Starkville, Maben, Mathiston, Miss.) |
3 hrs. 35 min. |
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October 8, 1927 | Jackson to New Orleans, Louisana (Flew via Columbia, Miss.; Franklinton, La.) |
2 hrs. 55 min. |
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October 10, 1927 | Two flights, searching for Navy pilot, near New Orleans flying field New Orleans to Jacksonville, Florida (Flew via Pensacola, Tallahassee, Fla.) |
0 hrs. 40 min. 5 hrs. 30 min. |
Click to Enlarge Photo by: Paul R. Greenaway. Paul R. Greenaway, was 17 years old at the time and had a parttime job at the local Pensacola Photo Shop. |
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October 11, 1927 | Jacksonville to Atlanta, Georgia (Flew via McRae, Vidalia, Millen, Ga.) |
5 hrs. 45 min. |
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October 12, 1927 | Atlanta to Spartanburg, South Carolina (Flew via Athens, Ga.; Greenwood, S.C.) |
2 hrs. 40 min. |
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October 14, 1927 | Spartanburg to Greensboro, North Carolina (Flew via Gaffney, S.C.; Kings Mountain, Salisbury, Lexington, N.C.) Greensboro to Winston-Salem, N.C. |
2 hrs. 25 min. 0 hrs. 45 min. |
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October 15, 1927 | Winston-Salem to Richmond, Virginia (Flew via Danville, South Boston, Va.) |
2 hrs. 50 min. |
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October 16, 1927 | Richmond One flight, carrying Governor Harry R. Byrd One flight, carrying Harry F. Guggenheim One flight, carrying C. C. Maidment (Whirlwind expert) |
0 hrs. 10 min. 0 hrs. 10 min. 0 hrs. 05 min. |
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October 17, 1927 | Richmond to Washington, D.C. | 1 hr. 15 min. |
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October 18, 1927 | Washington to Baltimore, Maryland | 0 hrs. 55 min. |
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October 19, 1927 | Baltimore to Atlantic City, N.J. | 2 hrs. 00 min. |
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October 21, 1927 | Atlantic City to Wilmington, Delaware (Flew via Mays Landing, Salem, N.J.) |
1 hr. 50 min. |
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October 22, 1927 | Wilmington to Philadelphia, Pa. (Flew via Chester, Media, Pa.) |
0 hrs. 55 min. |
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October 23, 1927 | Philadelphia to Mitchel Field, L.I. (Flew via Trenton, N.J.; New York City, N.Y.) |
1 hr. 50 min. |
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