Wiley Post
Aviator
HARP volunteers keep history flying at Floyd Bennett Field...story. " Back in the 1930s, superstar American aviators like Wiley Post and Amelia Earhart included Floyd Bennett Field - New York's City's very first municipal airport - in their pioneering excursions around the world. "Floyd Bennett... In this article: Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, Flatbush Avenue, C-54 Skymaster, World War II, New York City Police Department, Amelia Earhart, and Wiley Post |
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Wikipedia | January 14, 2008
Charles Short
...the faded boards and damaged photographs were entrusted to the Tulsa Air and Space Museum for preservation. Short's collection includes rare photographs of Wiley Post, Amelia Earhart, Will Rogers, Charles Lindbergh, Art Goebel and others.
In this article: Tulsa International Airport, Amelia Earhart, Charles Lindbergh, Will Rogers, and Tulsa, Oklahoma
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New York Post | November 09, 2009
BK's National Park
...programs and exhibits on tap include salutes to world-famous aviators and Floyd Bennett Field luminaries like Howard Hughes, Wiley Post and Amelia Earhart - currently being resurrected on movie screens nationwide by actress Hilary Swank.
In this article: National Park, Floyd Bennett Field, Flatbush Avenue, New York City, Silver Gull, and Amelia Earhart
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www.washingtonpost.com | December 22, 2006
Concord Jet Moves to Temporary NYC Home
...a polar explorer, over the North Pole in 1926. It opened in 1931 as New York City's municipal airport and was used by such aviation pioneers as Wiley Post, Amelia Earhart and Howard Hughes. Today, the field is used primarily by police and...
In this article: New York City, USS Intrepid, Hudson River, Floyd Bennett Field, World War II, USS Growler, Concord, Amelia Earhart, and Richard E. Byrd
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Wikipedia | September 28, 2009
Tulsa Air and Space Museum
...Airport archives. The photos collected by former airport manager Charles Short are also stored in the archives, and include photos of Will Rogers, Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart, Wiley Post, C.R. Smith and William Skelly. The James E....
In this article: Tulsa, Oklahoma, American Airlines, World War II, Charles Lindbergh, Oklahoma, Space Shuttle, Pearl Harbor attacks, and F-14 Tomcat
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Wikipedia | August 13, 2009
Feliksas Vaitkus
...was purchased from the Lockheed Aircraft Corp., called the Lockheed Vega, the same model used by Wiley Post in his round-the-world flight, and by Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. The aircraft was christened...
In this article: Feliksas Vaitkus, Atlantic, Lituanica, Kaunas, Korean War, B-29 bombers, Amelia Earhart, and Lockheed Aircraft Corp.
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New York Times | November 09, 2008
Watch Out for That Stick, Er, Fist: Professional Ice Hockey Bursts Into Brooklyn
...of New York's first municipal airport. The airport opened in 1930 and was visited by the likes of the famed aviator Wiley Post, who twice used the field for record-breaking round-the-world flights. Other high-fliers who touched down there...
In this article: Brooklyn, Brooklyn Aces, Floyd Bennett Field, Ice hockey, New York, World War II, and Kung Fu Fighting
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Wikipedia | October 17, 2009
Syracuse Municipal Airport
...pilots including Charles Lindbergh and his Spirit of St. Louis airplane in 1927, Will Rogers and Wiley Post in 1931, General Jimmy Doolittle in 1932, Amelia Earhart in 1936, Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan in 1938; as well as celebrities Kate...
In this article: Syracuse, Syracuse Hancock International Airport, Charles Hanna, Municipal Airport, Chemical waste, Syracuse Municipal Airport, World War II, Jimmy Doolittle, and Amelia Earhart
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Wikipedia | August 25, 2009
Lockheed Vega
...Post's "Winnie Mae" at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center Both Wiley Post's Winnie Mae and Amelia Earhart's Vegas are a part of the collection of the National Air and Space Museum. Earhart's Transatlantic Vega is on display at the original...
In this article: Lockheed, Amelia Earhart, Detroit Aircraft Corporation, and National Air and Space Museum
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Wikipedia | October 04, 2009
Roosevelt Field (Shopping Mall)
...the plaque is inside of the mall outside of the Disney Store. As an airfield, the land served as the take-off site of many famous aviators such as Amelia Earhart and Wiley Post. Charles Lindbergh's solo translatlantic flight took off from...
In this article: Bloomingdale's, Alexander's, Gimbels, Dick's Sporting Goods, Macy's, Stern's, Abraham & Straus, Jcpenney, and Nordstrom
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Wiley Hardeman Post (November 22, 1898 – August 15, 1935) was the first pilot to fly solo around the world. Also known for his work in high altitude flying, Post helped develop one of the first pressure suits. His plywood monocoque aircraft, the Winnie Mae is on display at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center adjacent to Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Virginia, and his pressure suit is being prepared for display at the same location. On August 15, 1935, Post and American humorist Will Rogers were killed when Post's plane crashed on takeoff from a lagoon near Point Barrow, in Alaska.
- Birth Date:
- November 22, 1898
- Birthplace:
- Van Zandt County, Texas, U.S.A.
- Death Date:
- August 15, 1935
- Place of Death:
- Point Barrow, Alaska, U.S.A.
- Spouse:
- Mae Laine (m. 27 June 1927)
- Occupation:
- Aviator
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