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Wiley Post around the World flight...
Wiley Post around the World flight...
Item # 564405
July 20, 1933
FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Massachusetts, July 20, 1933
* Wiley Post Around World (1st solo) flight
* Early airplane - aviation
This 16 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "Wiley Post Begins Trip Over Pacific" and "American Round-World Flier on Difficult Lap, Ahead of Old Mark".
Other news of day throughout. Light browning with minor spine wear, otherwise in nice condition.
source: wikipedia: After the record-setting flight, Post wanted to open his own aeronautical school, but could not raise enough financial support because of doubts many had about his rural background and limited formal education. Motivated by his detractors, Post decided to attempt a solo flight around the world and to break his previous speed record. Over the next year, Post improved his aircraft by installing an autopilot device and a radio compass that were in their final stages of development by the Sperry Gyroscope Company and the United States Army. In 1933, he repeated his flight around the world, this time using the auto-pilot and compass in place of his navigator and becoming the first to accomplish the feat alone. 50,000 people greeted him on his return to Brooklyn's Floyd Bennett Field on July 22 after 7 days, 19 hours -- 21 hours less than his previous record, and he was given a second ticker-tape parade in New York.
Category: The 20th Century
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