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Magellans of the Sky is the true story of the First Flight Around the World in 1924. In flimsy, open cockpits, eight brave United States Army aviators defied all the elements, even the opposition and derision of their contemporaries, to be the first to circumvent the globe. Ultimately they defied death itself! Today in an age when men have been to the Moon and back, and mechanical rovers are traversing Mars, it is easily possible to forget a time many years ago when a journey of any distance by airplanes was truly difficult. It was not an everyday occurrence. Daring to dream of flying around the world was considered by many as just pure madness-impossible they said! This is that Story. Author Norm Johnson has a highly varied resume: Journalist, off-road racer, publicist to the stars, famous race founder, open-road racer, sculptor.and now he has finished a forty-year journey with the writing of this book, Magellans of the Sky. "This thoroughly researched tale about the all-but-forgotten, death-defying saga that took place in 1924, puts the reader in the open cockpits of the two-seater planes that gave the members of the Army Air Corps. a view of the world that few people had seen in those infant days of aviation." Las Vegas Sun Columnist Jerry Fink "Norm Johnson has accurately, captured the aero-nautical skills of eight men, whose daring brave achievements led them to be the first to ever fly around the world. One of these pilots was my Great Uncle, Leigh Wade. By bringing this forgotten historical event to the attention of the nation, Norm Johnson has earned a place in literary history." Grant Leigh Griffin, Great Nephew to Major General Leigh Wade