Fastest Trips Around the World 1872. A fictitious journey by Phileas Fogg in Jules Verne's novel, 80 days, Oct. 2 to Dec. 20. 1889. Nellie Bly, 72 days, 6 hours, 11 minutes. 1890. George Francis Train of New York. 67 days, 12 hours, 3 minutes. 1901. Charles Fitzmorris, Chief of Police of Chicago, 60 days. 13 hours, 29 minutes. 1903. J. W. Willis Sayre, Seattle, Wash. 54 days, 9 hours, 42 minutes. Henry Frederick. 54 days, 7 hours, 2 minutes. 1907. Col. Burnlay-Campbell, 40 days, 19 hours, 30 minutes. 1911. Andre Jaeger-Schmidt, 39'days, 19 hours, 42 minutes, 38 seconds. 1913. John Henry Mears, 35 days, 21 hours, 36 minutes. 1924. U. S. Army airplanes, 175 days (14 days, 15 hours actual flying time.) 1926. Edward S. Evans and Linton Wells for The World of New York, 28 days, 14 hours, 36 minutes, 5 seconds. Their mileage, by train and motor car, was 4,100; by plane, 6,300; by steamship, 8,000. 1928. John Henry Mears and Capt. C. B. D. Collyer, 23 days, 15 hours, 21 minutes, 3 seconds. They left New York (June 29,) by seaplane and overtook the Olympic off Long Island. From Cherbourg, July 5, they flew across Europe and Asia, reaching Tokio on (July 11.) They travelled by steamer to Vancouver, British Columbia, (July 20,) and flew thence to New York City, arriving July 22. 1929. German dirigible balloon, Graf Zeppelin, left Friedrichshafen, Germany, (July 31,) reached Lakehurst, N. J., Aug. 4,) left Lakehurst, Aug. 8, reached Friedrichshafen, (Aug. 10,) left there Aug. 14 and reached Tokio, Japan, (Aug. 19,) left there (Aug. 23,) and reached Los Angeles, Cal., (Aug. 26,) left there (Aug. 27.) and reached Lakehurst (Aug. 29,) left there (Sept. 1,) and reached Friedrichshafen (Sept. 4.) Approximate distance covered 21,700 miles; time from Friedrichshafen to Friedrichshafen (Aug. 10-Sept. 4) 20 days, 4 hours. 1931. Monoplane Winnie Mae (Wiley Post, pilot; Harold Gatty, navigator) around the northern air circumference of the world (15,474 miles) in 8 days, 15 hours, 51 minutes-June 23 at 4:56 a.m.. to July 1, at 8:45 p.m. 1933. Monoplane, Winnie Mae (Wiley Post, alone), around the northern air circumference of the world (15,596 miles) in 7 days, 18 hours. 4912 minutes-July 15, at 5:10 a.m., to July 22, at 11.592 p.m. nett Field (5:20 a.m., June 3,) and flew non-stop James Mattern, a Texas airman, left Floyd Bento Jomfruland, near Oslo (Norway); and thence. via Post's 1931 route, to Moscow, and across Siberia to Khabarovsk, where, on June 13, he left in bad weather for Nome, but had to turn back. On June 14 he started again and got as far as the Anadyr River, in Northeast Siberia (750 miles west of Nome) where he was forced down and his plane cracked up. He was rescued, injured, by fur traders. A Russian plane took him (July 20) to Nome, and thence an American plane landed him at Floyd Bennett Field on July 30. 1936. Three N. Y. City newspaper reporters left that city (Sept. 30,) each for a trip around the world to test the commercial flying routes. All went to Lakehurst, N. J., to board the Zeppelin Hindenburg, which took off at 11:17:27 p.m. The first to finish the trip was H. R. Ekins of the New York World-Telegram and the other ScrippsHoward newspapers. He returned at 11:14:20 a.m. Monday, Oct. 19, having made the trip approximately 25,654 miles from Lakehurst to Lakehurst in 18 days, 11 hours, 14 min. and 33 sec. The gross elapsed time from The World-Telegram building which he left at 8:17:30 p.m., back to it was 18 days, 14 hours, 56 min., 30 sec. The total flying time was 8 days, 10 hours, 26 min., and the average flying speed 127 m.p.h. Ekins' course was: By the Hindenburg to Frankfort, Germany; by Royal Dutch Airline to Batavia; by Netherlands Indian Airways to Manilla; by Pan American Airways to Alameda, Cal.; by United Airlines to Burbank, Cal., by T. W. A. to Newark, N. J. 1938. Howard Hughes, accompanied by four technical assistants, left New York City, (7:26 p.m., July 10,) and flew around the world via Paris, Moscow, U. S. S. R..; Omsk, U. S. S. R.; Yakutsk. U. S. S. R.: Fairbanks, Alaska; Minneapolis, Minn., and landed in New York City at 2:34.10 p.m., completing the trip of 14,824 miles in 3 days, 19 hours, 8 minutes and 10 seconds. 1939. Mrs. Clara Adams of New York City departed from Port Washington, L. I. N. Y. (June 28) on the flying boat Dixie Clipper of the Pan American line and landed at Newark Airport (July 15), completing the around the world trip by air in 16 days, 19 hours, 4 minutes. Fast Atlantic Ocean Passages by Air DIRIGIBLE BALLOONS 1928. The Graf Zeppelin left Friedrichshafen, Germany (Oct. 11, at 2 a.m.), and arrived at Lakehurst, N. J. (Oct. 15, at 5:38 p.m.), having flown 6,630 miles in 4 days, 15 hours, 46 minutes. Graf Zeppelin made the trip by the way of Spain. the Madeiras and Bermuda. The 1936. The Hindenburg left Frankfort on the Main, Germany (June 30, at 12:29 a.m.) and reached Lakehurst (July 2 at 3:46 a.m.) making The dirigible the trip in 51 hours, 17 minutes. made the run over the Atlantic Ocean from Lands End, Northern Ireland, to Land Fall, over Labrador, in 22 hours, 50 minutes, after passing over the southern tip of Greenland. The Hindenburg left Lakehurst (Aug. 9, at 10:35 p.m.) and reached Frankfort (Aug. 11 at 5:28 p.m.) in 42 hours, 53 minutes. AIRPLANES 1919 U.S. Navy Seaplane NC4, Commander Albert C. Read and crew, flew from Newfoundland to Lisbon, Portugal, via the Azores (May 16-27). John Alcock and A. W. Brown flew non-stop from Newfoundland to Ireland, (June 14-15) a distance of 1960 miles in 16 hours, 12 minutes. 1925 Commander John Rodgers, U.S.N. and crew, flew from San Francisco Bay to within 100 miles of the Hawaiian Islands in September, drifted nine days and were rescued. land, Cal. to Australia, 8,000 miles, in three hops. (June-July.) 1931 Wiley Post and Harold Gatty crossed from Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, to England, 2,200 miles in 16 hours, 17 minutes (June 23-24.) 1932 Mrs. Amelia Earhart Putnam flew from Harbor Grace to Ireland 2,0261⁄2 miles in 14 hours, 56 minutes (May 20-21.) 1937 Henry T. Merrill and John S. Lambe flew from Bennett Field, Brooklyn, N. Y. to Croydon Airdrome, London, in 20 hours, 59 minutes (May 9-10.) They left Southport, England, with coronation photographs and reached Brooklyn in 24 hours, 22 minutes, 25 seconds, after a brief landing at (May 13-14.) Mikhail GromSquantum, Mass. off, Andrey Yumasheff and Sergei Danilin, Russian non-stop from Moscow to San aviators, flew Jacinto, Cal., approximately 6,262 miles, in 62 hours, 2 minutes, via the North Pole route (July 12-14.) 1938 Douglas G. Corrigan flew his nine-year-old $900 plane from Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, N. Y. to Baldonnel Airfield, Dublin, in 28 hours, 13 minutes (July 17-18.) British Imperial Airways seaplane, Mercury, completed non-stop East-toWest flight from Foynes, Ireland to Montreal in 20 hours, 19 minutes. (July 20-21.) Also see 1938 above. 1940 The Yankee Clipper of Pan American Airways flew from LaGuardia Field, New York Munipal Airport, to Lisbon, Portgual (April 1-2, 1940) in 18 hours 35 minutes flying time. The elapsed time was 21 hours 56 minutes. The return tripeast-west, was made in 25 hours 1 minute with an elapsed time of 27 hours 43 minutes. The round trip flying time was 43 hours 36 minutes. The American Clipper flew from Lisbon to New York 12.).(April 15-16, 1940) in 23 hours 23 minutes The Atlantic Clipper of the Pan American Airways flew (Oct. 22) from Bermuda to Lisbon, 3,118 miles, in 18 hours 24 minutes. 1926 Lieutenant Commander Richard Evelyn Byrd, U.S.N., flew from Spitzbergen to the North Pole and return (May 9). Amundsen-EllsworthNobile expedition flew from Spitzbergen over the North Pole to Barrow, Alaska, in a dirigible landing at Teller, Alaska, after having been lost over the Arctic area for seventy-eight hours. (May 1927 Charles A. Lindbergh flew from Mineola, N. Y. to Paris, 3,600 miles, in 33 hours, 30 minutes (May 20-21.) Clarence Chamberlin and Charles Levine flew from Mineola, N. Y. to Eisleben, Germany, 3,911, in 42 hours, 31 minutes (June 4-6.) 1928 Charles Kingsford-Smith flew from Oak 1941-The Atlantic Clipper of the Pan American Airways flew non-stop from Bermuda to Lisbon, in 16 hours 30 minutes (Jan. 21-22). 650 Great Ocean Steamships and Motorships Source: Lloyd's Register of Shipping and the U. S. Maritime Commission (Note The length is from the stem to the fore part of the rudder post.) Queen Elizabeth, Br. Motor ships. † Lloyd's lists the tonnage as 27,000. In the above list 23 ships are missing from the World Almanac list of 1941; 19 of them were "lost as the result of the War" to quote from the description of the United States Maritime Commission. They were (registered tonnage in parentheses): Empress of Britain, Brit. (42,348); Stattendam, Holl. (28,291); Champlain, Fr. (28.124); Hansa, Ger. (21,131); Terje Viken, Brit. (20,638): Oxford. Brit. (20,043); Lombardia. Ital. (20,006): Orama, Brit. (19,840); Monticello, U. S. (19,361); Laurentic. Brit. (18,724). 16,418 549 5 16,381 574 4 16,314 549 5 16,297 552 4 16,287 551 4 15.784 541 6 15,551 570 0 15,543 600 0 15,507 550 3 15,495 550 3 15,434 550 2 15,363 577 1 15,355 561 3 15,346 526 3 15,300 561 3 15,286 549 3 15,276 543 9 15,241 523 5 67 8 40 9 70 2 40 2 70 4 38 8 68 8 36 2 73 3 41 9 67 3/33 3 65 3 23 1 67 3 43 0 67 3 43 0 67 3 32 6 64 1 37 0 72 2 44 1 70 3 42 3 72 2 44 1 69 2 34 8 66 2 41 7 70 2 42 3 15,225 523 5 70.2 42 3 15,209 546 1 67 2 41 S 15,135 570 3 67 3 33 3 15,130 550 7 67 4 44 1 15,105 543 5 65 0 41 4 15,007 540 0 71 9 37 8 Oslofjord, Nor. (18,673); Conte Rosso. Ital. (17.879); Caledonia, Brit. (17,040): Rangitare, Brit. (16,712); Rajputana, Brit. (16,644): Montrose. Brit. (16,402); Lancastria, Brit. (16,243): Anandora Star, Brit. (15.501); Veendam, Holl. (15,450): Liguvia. Ital. (15.354). The Bremen, Ger. (51,731) was destroyed by fire. The Monticello, U. S. (19.361) and the Mount Vernon, U. S. (18,372) were scrapped. The Rotterdam, Holl. (24.149), was scrapped. The above list is incomplete, but there were no sources of information available governmental during the war. On The Merchant Fleets of the World Source: Lloyd's Register of Shipping: figures cover vessels of 100 tons or over No. of Gross On July 1 Ships Tonnage July 1 1892. 1893. 1894. 1895 31,983 23,672,698|| 1904. 31,926|24,236,865 1905. 30,640 24,547,597 1906 30.288 25,086,199 1907 1896 29.801 25,593,186 1908. 1897 28.280 25,889,044 1909 1898. 27,982 26,543,360 1910.. 27,816 27,613,851 1911. 27,840 28,957,358 1912. 28,209 30,479,971 1913 28,630 32,302,412 1914 1899. 1900. 1901. 1902. 1903.. On No. of Gross On No. of Gross No. of Gross 29,283 34,786,132 1916... 30,167 48,683,136||1928.. 32,408 66,954,659 1929 29,255 50,919,273 1931 132,482 68,074,312 32,713 69,607,644 32,344 65,641,035 32,247 69,734,310 31,700 67,920,185 30,997 65,576,612 30,979 64,885,972 30,923 65,063,643 29,524 65,271,440 29,409 66,870,151 30,591 46,970,113 1925... 32,916 64,641,418 1937 30,836 49,089,552 1926. 32,615 64,784,370 1938. 28.90133,501,855 1915...30.720 49,261,769 1927...32,175 65,192,910 1939... 29.763 68,509,432 On July 1 1915. 1916 1917 1918. 1919. 1920. 1921 19:2 1923 1924. 1925. 19 6 1927 1928 1929 1930. 1931 1932. 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 Tons 276,427 272,160 233,606 193,538 313,276 464,659 551,031 605,050 560,597 542,583 GROSS TONNAGE OF MERCHANT FLEETS OF CHIEF NATIONS 507,473 499,229 492,609 529,043 553,037 547,470 Holland No. Tons 99,183,149 98 232,402 60 163.132 35 65,632 41 63.627 47 78,823 47 73,671 105 289,622 68 119,790 81 376,416 74 166,754 85 249,077 77 186,517 18 100,917 1931 148 502,487 31 13,612 30 125,974 22 103,419 30 26,232 20 12,958 16 9,112 21 61,729 10 15,950 33 122,095 10 42,873 17 39,208 Sweden United States Oth'r Co's. World Total Year The United States Maritme Commission states that there are no later data. 852 2,467,084 701 1,643,181 12 31,211 924 2,247,751 17 53,750 101 855 2,193,404 781 66 179,218 63 63 100 57 49,542 14 60,860 14 22 105,538 33 154,044 21 14 69 38 161.008) 123 16 Principal Rivers of the United States Source: U. S. Geological Survey, Army Engineer, and Weather Bureau records. Junction of Salt and Double Mountain Colfax County, N. Mex. Chatham County, N. C.. Junction of South Fork and Beaver Creek, Junction of East and West Forks, Sawyer Colfax County, N. Mex. Silver Bow County, Mont, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colo. Columbia Lake, British Columbia. Junction of Etowah and Oostanaula Junction of East and West Branches, at Lava Lake, Deschutes County, Oreg. Mississippi River. To mouth of Snake Riv. Ohio River.. Source Junction of Coosa and Tallapoosa Rivers, Potter County, Pa. Junction of Oconee and Ocmulgee Rivers, Junction of Yellow and South Rivers, Newton County, Ga. Umbagog Lake, Maine. Junction of Flint and Chattahoochee Rivers, Seminole County, Ga.. Lake County, Colo Webster County, Miss. Junction of Wind and Popo Agle Rivers, Junction of Locust and Mulberry Forks, Junction of East and West Forks, Rey- Deep Rivers, Junction of Mud and Camp Creeks, Fay- Columbia County, Wis Junction of North and West Forks, Tran sylvania County, N. C. Catron County, N. Mex. Junction of Wells and Trail Creeks, Sub- nison County, Colo. .... Junction of North and South Forks, Sul- Wells County, North Dakota Junction of Jackson and Cowpasture Blue Mountains, Grant County, Oreg. Junction of North and South Forks of Junction of North and Middle Forks, Lee Lake Ewauna, Klamath Falls, Oreg. Junction of Pemigewassett and Winnipe- Junction of North and South Forks, Al berta Province. Big Stone Lake, Minn. River Mississippi-Missouri.. Missouri.. Missouri-Red Rock Mobile-Alabama-Coosa Mohawk... Monogahela.. Muskingum.. Neches.. Neuse. GREAT RIVERS-(Continued) Source Source of Red Rock River, Mont. Junction of East and West Branches, Junction of West Fork and Tygart Rivers, Junction of Tuscarawas and Walhonding Junction of Eno and Flat Rivers, Durham hee County, Idaho Neshoba County, Miss. Junction of Yadkin and Uharie Rivers, Profile Lake, Grafton County, N. H. Junction of North and South Platte Faquier and Rappahannock Counties, Va, Junction of North and South Forks, Mont- Washington County, Wis. Junction of South and Caddo Forks, Hunt Upper St. Croix Lake, Wis. Iron County, Mo.. Lake Washington, Brevard County, Fla. Junction of South and Middle Forks, Silver Lake, Archuleta County, Colo McDowell County, N. C. Mississippi River. Missouri River. Chesapeake Bay Kansas River... Atlantic Ocean. Junction of North and South Forks, Ashe Kanawha River. 255 981 1,306 500 605 287 375 185 1,018 545 445 1,800 276 210 420 Cheyenne County, Colo. Ocean Plateau, Teton County, Wyo. Junction of South and Middle Forks, Park Otsego Lake, Otsego County, N. Y Junction of North and Log Rivers, Charl- Near Embry in Paulding County, Ga.. Junction of French Broad and Holston Tennessee-French Broad......Junction of North and West Forks of Tombigbee. French Broad, Transylvania County, N.C. Ohio River.. Junction of North and South Forks at Potomac River. 55 540 1,038 Shenandoah River.. 100 Platte River. 424 444 Gulf of Mexico.. 190 Tippah County, Miss. Yazoo River. 391 Alabama River.. 268 652 |