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16 de sept. de 2022 · Wiley Post was an integral figure in aviation history. He discovered the jet stream, helped develop one of the first pressure suits and was the first pilot to fly solo around the world. Sadly, his life was cut short on August 15th, 1935, when he crashed in what was the Territory of Alaska with his friend, celebrity Will Rogers.
16 de ago. de 2013 · On August 15, 1935, in a plane crash near Point Barrow Alaska, famed aviator Wiley Post perished alongside his close friend, the renowned humorist and popular culture icon Will Rogers. With the exception of Charles Lindbergh, no American aviator of the time was as celebrated as Post, while Rogers was widely considered as the nation’s most gifted commentator on American society.
17 de mar. de 2020 · On August 15, 1935, famous aviator Wiley Post and popular humorist Will Rogers were flying together in a Lockheed hybrid airplane when they crashed just 15 miles outside of Point Barrow, Alaska. The engine had stalled just after take-off, causing the plane to nose-dive and crash into a lagoon. Both Post and Rogers died instantly.
18 de oct. de 2010 · American aviator Wiley Post returns to Floyd Bennett Field in New York, having flown solo around the world in 7 days, 18 hours, and 49 minutes.He was the first aviator to accomplish the feat. Post ...
POST, WILEY HARDEMAN (1898–1935). On November 22, 1898, Mae Post gave birth to a boy near the small farming community of Corinth, Texas. Mae and her husband, William Francis Post, named the infant Wiley Hardeman. He was one of five children born to the small-time cotton farmers. As a young boy Wiley Post never enjoyed farming.
Wiley Post (1931) Wiley Hardeman Post (* 22.November 1898 in Van Zandt County; † 15. August 1935 in Point Barrow) war ein US-amerikanischer Pilot, dem 1933 der erste Alleinflug um die Erde gelang.. Nachdem er Mitte der 1920er bei einem Ölfeld-Unfall ein Auge verloren hatte, kaufte er sich von der Entschädigung sein erstes eigenes Flugzeug.
Wiley Post First to Fly Solo Around the World, Lost over Alaska. By Stephen Sherman, Jan. 2001.Updated June 27, 2011. W hen Wiley Post and Will Rogers crashed at Point Barrow, Alaska on August 15, 1935, the world mourned the loss of the great flier and the beloved humorist.. Post twice set the record for flying around the world:
