Round-the-World Flights

Round-the-World Seven Continent Tribute to the Start of Powered Flight

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Kitty Hawk Cancel	Flown Cover	AAMS Airpost Journal	Antarctica Cancel	Don Lussky

	On December 17, 1903 at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, the Wright Brothers in their Flyer 
became the first to fly in a powered, heavier-than-air machine achieving controlled and 
sustained flight with a pilot aboard.

	One Hundred years later on the centennial of the Wright Brothers historic and groundbreaking
accomplishment, Don Lussky with the backing of the American Air Mail Society made a trip 
round-the-world as a passenger on regularily scheduled commercial airline flights.  His 
round-the-world journey began in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina on December 17, 2003. His journey 
was documented by his carrying 250 philatelic covers that were hand-stamped in each of the 
seven continents of this earth.

Itinerary:

Departed from Kitty Hawk, NC                                                   12/17/2003
    Chicago, IL                    American Airlines        1)North America    12/20/2003
    London, England                British Airways          2)Europe           12/21/2003
    Johannesburg, South Africa     Cathy Pacific            3)Africa           12/22/2003  
    Hong Kong                      Qantas                   4)Asia             12/23/2003
    Sydney, Austrailia             Qantas                   5)Austrailia       12/24/2003
    Christchurch, New Zealand      Qantas                                      
(Side Trip by the NY Air National Guard to McMurdo Station) 6)Antarctica       12/31/2003
    Auckland, New Zealand          Lan Chile                                   01/05/2004
    Santiago, Chile                American Airlines        7)South America    01/08/2004
    Dallas, TX                     American Airlines                           01/09/2004
Arrived Chicago, IL                                                            01/09/2004
	

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