Several successful flights followed, however the flight on January 11, 1938 ended in tragedy.
Racial turmoil and the flight of many white students followed.
The flight did not follow some civilian rules, either.
Three more flights with dummy upper stages followed over the next 17 months, which were all completely or mostly successful.
Following is the list of passengers and crew nationalities on board the flight.
'B' flight waited a moment to let them get ahead and then followed.
On the seventeenth, flights had followed two distinct northern and southern paths.
Another flight had followed the same guidance shortly before the jet took off.
These flights usually follow a great circle route, often passing over polar regions.
A flight of capital followed and caused exchange rates to depreciate.