Sale 707 The Knapp Collection of Airmail Flights

Mounted fabric from the "Douglas World Cruiser #2" aircraft, 2" by 2" square of fabric from the first plane to complete a round the world flight, frame is 16" by 21½", photo is 10" by 8", Very Fine.
Estimate $250 - 350

The "Chicago" was the flag plane of the first round the world flight. In the company of three similar aircraft it departed from Seattle WA on Apr 6 1924 returning Sep 28 1924, after covering 26,345 miles in a total flying time of 363 hours and 7 minutes. The "Chicago" is in the National Air & Space Museum.