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Object details:

Object Name: Atlas, France, Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser, George Truman, Clifford Evans
Smithsonian Record ID: edanmdm:nasm_A19762016000

	Object Name
	Atlas, France, Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser, George Truman, Clifford Evans

	Metadata Usage
	Not determined

	Guid
	http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv96850c9f8-f3f8-4edf-9176-a3c7f82ed903

	Data Source
	National Air and Space Museum

	Materials
	Paper

	Materials
	Ink

	Materials
	Plastic

	Dimensions
	2-D - Unframed (H x W): 13.8 x 27.5cm (5 7/16 x 10 13/16 in.)

	Physical Description
	Red hardbound 103 page "Intava" atlas. Envelope containing a ruler and two pages of instructions found inside of atlas.

	Summary
	From August 9 to December 10, 1947, Clifford Evans and George Truman circled the globe in their Piper Super Cruisers, covering 35,897 kilometers (22,436 miles), the first time light personal aircraft accomplished such a feat. Evans flew the City of Washington while Truman flew the City of The Angels, now at the Piper Aviation Museum in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. This atlas was used by Truman on the around-the-world flight.

	Country of Origin
	United States of America

	Credit Line
	Donated by George W. Truman

	Inventory Number
	A19762016000

	Date
	1946

	Type
	LITERATURE AND RESEARCH-Maps (Archives)

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