Donald Wills Douglas, Sr. built a plant in 1922 at Clover Field (Santa Monica Airport) for the Douglas Aircraft Company. In 1924, four Douglas-built planes took off from Clover Field to attempt the first aerial circumnavigation of the world. Two planes made it back, after having covered 27,553 miles (44,342 km) in 175 days, and were greeted on their return September 23, 1924, by a crowd of 200,000 (generously estimated). The Douglas Company (later McDonnell Douglas) kept facilities in the city until the 1960s.
How Many Planes returned from the circumnavigation in 1924?
Two
Two planes made it back, after having covered 27,553 miles (44,342 km) in 175 days, and were greeted on their return September 23, 1924, by a crowd of 200,000 (generously estimated).
Two planes made it back, after having covered twenty-seven thousand, five hundred fifty-three miles (forty-four thousand, three hundred forty-two km) in one hundred seventy-five days, and were greeted on their return September twenty-three, nineteen twenty-four, by a crowd of two hundred thousand (generously estimated).
How Many Planes returned from the circumnavigation in nineteen twenty-four?