Round-the-World Flights

Journalists Race Round-the-World Round-the-Clock

...using only craft of established air lines & air routes

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Cover	World Route - 1	World Route - 2	Kilgallen Interview	Dorothy Kilgallen

Ekins & Capt La Porte	Kilgallen & Kieran	Ekins & Capt Max Pruss	Douglas DC-2	Flown Cover

Round-the-World Race as an Airline Passenger

Girdle the Globe via Airline Routes Available to Anyone

Lakehurst to Lakehurst, NJ

25,794 miles September 30th to October 19, 1936

1st Place	Herbert Ekins      Scripps-Howard World Telegram     18D 11H 45M 
2nd Place	Dorothy Kilgallen	New York Evening Journal          24D 12H 51M
3rd Place	Leo Kieran		North American Newspaper Alliance 24D 13H

Dorothy Kilgallen became the 2nd woman to fly across the Pacific Ocean. She and Kieran made the Pacific crossing on Pan Am's China Clipper Press Flight.

Ekins won the Race (per the below itinerary)

Departed Lakehurst, NJ 09/30/36 (Deutsche Zeppelin-Reederei "Hindenburg") 
   Frankfurt, Germany (KLM DC-2 "Flamingo")
   Vienna, Austria 
   Athens, Greece (KLM DC-2 "Night Heron")
   Alexandria, Egypt 
   Gaza, Palistine
   Baghdad, Iraq (KLM DC-2 "Kwak")
   Basrah, Iraq
   Djask,
   Karachi, India (Pakistan)
   Jodhpur, India
   Allahabad, India
   Calcutta, India
   Akyab, Dum Dum, India 
   Rangoon, Burma
   Bangkok, Thailand
   Penang, Malaysia
   Medan, Indonesia
   Singapore
   Palembang, Indonesia
   Batavia (Tjililitan), Indonesia (KNILM DC-2 "Pkfal")
   Balikh-Papan, Borneo
   Zamboanga (Jolo). Philippines
   Manila, Philippines (Pan Am Martin M-130 "Hawaii Clipper")
   Guam
   Wake Island
   Midway Island
   Honolulu, HI
   San Francisco, CA (United Airlines Boeing 247)
   Bakersfield, CA
   Los Angeles, CA (TWA DC-2 "Sky Chief")
   Albuquerque, NM
   Wichita, KA
   Kansas City, MO
   Pittsburgh, PA
   Columbus, OH
Arrived Newark, NY (Overflew Lakehurst, NJ) on 10/19/36

Round-the-World Flights

Journalists Race Round-the-World Round-the-Clock

...using only craft of established air lines & air routes

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Round-the-World Race as an Airline Passenger

Girdle the Globe via Airline Routes Available to Anyone

Lakehurst to Lakehurst, NJ

25,794 miles September 30th to October 19, 1936

1st Place Herbert Ekins Scripps-Howard World Telegram 18D 11H 45M
2nd Place Dorothy Kilgallen New York Evening Journal 24D 12H 51M
3rd Place Leo Kieran North American Newspaper Alliance 24D 13H

Dorothy Kilgallen became the 2nd woman to fly across the Pacific Ocean. She and Kieran made the Pacific crossing on Pan Am's China Clipper Press Flight.

Ekins won the Race (per the below itinerary)

With the exception of the Zeppelin 1st leg, all Ekins flights round-the-world were on American-made aircraft.

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Round-the-World Flights

Journalists Race Round-the-World Round-the-Clock

...using only craft of established air lines & air routes

Page 2f (rev: 1000)

Round-the-World Race as an Airline Passenger

Girdle the Globe via Airline Routes Available to Anyone

Lakehurst to Lakehurst, NJ

25,794 miles September 30th to October 19, 1936

1st Place Herbert Ekins Scripps-Howard World Telegram 18D 11H 45M 2nd Place Dorothy Kilgallen New York Evening Journal 24D 12H 51M 3rd Place Leo Kieran North American Newspaper Alliance 24D 13H

Dorothy Kilgallen became the 2nd woman to fly across the Pacific Ocean. She and Kieran made the Pacific crossing on Pan Am's China Clipper Press Flight.

Ekins won the Race (per the below itinerary)

With the exception of the Zeppelin 1st leg, all Ekins flights round-the-world were on American-made aircraft.

RETURN to Home Page.

eMail: WINGNET

1st Place Herbert Ekins Scripps-Howard World Telegram 18D 11H 45M
2nd Place Dorothy Kilgallen New York Evening Journal 24D 12H 51M
3rd Place Leo Kieran North American Newspaper Alliance 24D 13H