Map Showing Route Flown by Howard Hughes

(Original Caption) The heavy black line on the above map shows the distance that Howard Hughes, millionaire sportsman pilot, and his four companions have covered in their Lockheed monoplane, so far, they have took off from Floyd Bennett Airport, Brooklyn, N.Y. for Paris. A hop they completed in the record-breaking time of 16-1/2 hours. From Paris they hopped for Moscow, Russia and from there flew to Omsk, Siberia. The dotted line shows the rest of their projected flight around the world. Will they come home with a new record ? Wiley Post and Harold Gatty flew around the globe in 8 days.