It was 1938 and at the age of 33 First Lieutenant Thomas L. Thurlow was approached by Howard Hughes to navigate and co-pilot a risky but monumental flight around the world in hopes of breaking the world record. In this diary you will hear the story of the flight in his own words (un-edited) the trials and tribulations and ultimate victory as a crew of five break the world record flying around the world in a Lockheed 14 monoplane in three days, nineteen hours, and seventeen minutes.