Bobby H. Johnson

Contents: Oklahoma prologue -- Globe girdling with Gatty, 1931 -- Epic solo flight, 1933 -- The first practical pressure suit -- Stratosphere flights, 1934-35 -- Point Barrow -- Appendix -- Post's pilot records -- Post's three airplanes -- Diagrams of Winnie Mae.

Wiley Post, best known for crashing his plane plane in Alaska killing himself and Will Rogers, was an aviation pioneer who accomplished more in seven years than most do in a life time. In 1931, set the record for flying around the world with navigator, Harold Gatty. In 1933, set a new record for flying around the world, this time solo using an autopilot device and a radio direction finder that were in their final stages of development by the Sperry Gyroscope Co. and the U.S. Army. In 1934, he worked with the B.F. Goodrich Company to develop what became the world's first practical pressure suit while setting an altitude record of 50,000 feet and discovering the jet stream.… (plus d'informations)