Ask an Expert -- Pioneers of Flight: The First Global Flight and the Douglas World Cruiser Chicago
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Channel: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum · 2011 · Education
Dr. Jeremy Kinney, curator in the Aeronautics Division at the National Air and Space Museum, discusses the Douglas World Cruiser "Chicago" and the first flights around the world. This informal gallery talk was recorded on October 20, 2010 as part of the National Air and Space Museum's "Ask an Expert" lecture series. "Ask an Expert" lectures are presented weekly at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC and biweekly at the Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA. For more information & schedule, see http://www.nasm.si.edu/askanexpert/
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