. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Science; Natural history; Natural history. Fit 11. TYPES OP PLANES USED BY THE U. S. ARMY AND NAVY Photographs by the U. S. Army and Navy Air Service The upper pliotograph represents the flagship of the Round-the-World air-cruisers at Clover Field, Santa Monica, California, from which station the flight started March 17, and finished September 26, 1924. The airplanes of the first aerial circumnavigation of the globe were designed and built by Donald Douglass of Santa Monica. Tlie lower photograph shows the standard naval seaplane, one
. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Science; Natural history; Natural history. Fit 11. TYPES OP PLANES USED BY THE U. S. ARMY AND NAVY Photographs by the U. S. Army and Navy Air Service The upper pliotograph represents the flagship of the Round-the-World air-cruisers at Clover Field, Santa Monica, California, from which station the flight started March 17, and finished September 26, 1924. The airplanes of the first aerial circumnavigation of the globe were designed and built by Donald Douglass of Santa Monica. Tlie lower photograph shows the standard naval seaplane, one of the P-5-L type, having two 400 h. p. ]L,iberty motors, which is twice the horse- power of the airplane in the upper part of this page. This particular type of plane has been in use in carrying mail and passengers for the navy department between the harbors of Los Angeles and San Diego for many years. 78. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Southern California Academy of Sciences. Los Angeles, Calif. : The Academy
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