Ernest K. Gann 1933
ERNEST K. GANN1933 World Tour Logbook
A young man's journey around the world to review telephone companies in Europe and Asia, setting the stage for one of aviation's greatest storytellers.
The Journey Begins
📅 1933
The Assignment
George Kellogg Gann, a telephone company executive, sends his son Ernest on a world tour to review telephone companies across Europe and Asia.
👤 The Traveler
Young Ernest
At 23, Ernest K. Gann was a Yale dropout with dreams of filmmaking, about to embark on an adventure that would shape his future.
✈️ The Legacy
Aviation Pioneer
This journey would later inspire his aviation career and his famous novels like "Fate Is the Hunter" and "The High and the Mighty."
From the Logbook
"I am at present on the threshold of a world tour... just like that, you see, I say 'World Tour.' As a matter of fact, I am not terribly excited. I have business to do along the way, and naturally, I have no intentions of neglecting the purely entertaining points of such a trip."— Ernest K. Gann, aboard the motor-ship Georgic, June 1933
Discover the Complete Story
Explore the carefully preserved pages of Ernest's 1933 world tour logbook, digitized and enhanced to bring his remarkable journey to life.