At the end of W.W. II, countries all across the globe had changed dramatically. Some had shrunk, some had grown and some had changed names. This created an enormous demand for up-to-date atlases and only one company, the Globe Publishing Co. of Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, was able to meet the demand. Unfortunately, while they were tops at bringing out new maps and atlases, they had little experience in global distribution on a large scale. Fortunately, in 1947, a new Douglas transport prototype made an emergency landing at the Dixville Notch International Airport and Globe Publishing was able to convince Douglas to build one of the new transports to their exacting specifications.
Globe Publishing wanted their transport powered by the new Nash supercharged Nashatronic V-16 inline engine which offered great power and range. So the Douglas DC Globe was born. Made world-famous being filmed bringing new atlases into Berlin during the Soviet blockade, soon the DC Globe was winging its way full of atlases all over the globe.
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Brian da Basher