Story Highlights
- Historical event:
- 10 July 1938
- His Lockheed Super Electra aircraft was one of the most modern aircraft of his time. It had two nine-cylinder engines with about 760 horsepower each. The total distance flown was as much as 23,612 kilometers.
On this day American multimillionaire Howard Hughes started a record-breaking flight around the world. In fact, he managed to make a trip around the world in just 91 hours, i.e. 3 days and 19 hours, beating the previous record by more than four hours.
On this flight, Hughes personally piloted the Lockheed Super Electra aircraft, but he also had a co-pilot, navigator, radio operator, and flight engineer.
The Lockheed Super Electra aircraft was one of the most modern aircraft of his time. It had two nine-cylinder engines with about 760 horsepower each.
Hughes took off on this day from the Floyd Bennett Field airport in New York and flew the route Paris – Moscow – Omsk (Siberia) – Yakutsk – Fairbanks (Alaska) – Minneapolis (USA) – New York. The total distance flown was as much as 23,612 kilometers.
