Round-the-World Flights

Air Mail Letter sent Round-the-World (1927)

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Cover Front	Cover Rear	Basra - Cairo	Kobe Japan	San Francisco CA

Around-the-World in 81 Days

By Air Mail for .45 Cents

On March 7, 1927, a few months before Lindbergh made his solo non-stop transatlantic flight, DE Richason sent an Air Mail letter from Wooster OH addressed to the Campus Book Store (College of Wooster ~ where he worked) routed via various countries linked in a chain around the world.

On May 27, 1927, after the passing of 81 days, the Air Mail letter was returned to Wooster OH appropriately backstamped at each interim country during its around-the-world journey.

Destination		       Date			 Days
Wooster OH   		March 7, 1927
Kent OH 				
Cleveland OH 
Chicago IL                March 8, 1927       1 Day
San Francisco CA	       March 10, 1927      3 Days
Kobe Japan		       March 30, 1927     21 Days
Yokohama Japan	
Karachi India (Pakistan)
Bashra Iraq 
Cairo Egypt
London England	       May 17, 1927	       70 Days
New York NY   		 May 25, 1927	 78 Days
Wooster OH   		 May 27, 1927 	 81 Days

Air cover, tying C-7x4 and #628 made the around- the-world trip from Wooster to Wooster, Ohio in 81 days.

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