In 1924 four planes took off from a small, rough airstrip at Sand Point on the shore of Lake Washington in Seattle.  In 2024 we are celebrating the centennial of this event which impacted aviation history.

You can follow the centennial events via the First World Flight homepage, and via its page on Facebook where events will be listed.  Here is a HistoryLink article telling the story of how the World Flight of 1924 was planned.