How a one-eyed Oklahoma roughneck flew a wooden Lockheed Vega around the world twice and discovered the jet stream before science had a name for it.
TaildraggerWiley Post's 1933 solo circumnavigation in the Winnie Mae didn't just break records - it stumbled onto the jet stream and changed how every pilot flies today.
TaildraggerWiley Post lost his eye in a 1926 oil field accident, used the settlement to buy an airplane, and went on to fly solo around the world and discover the jet stream.
TaildraggerWiley Post flew solo around the world in 1933 - one-eyed, in a plywood monoplane - and in doing so helped discover the jet stream.
TaildraggerWiley Post's 1933 solo world flight broke a record and produced the first airborne evidence of the jet stream, shaping aviation to this day.
TaildraggerWiley Post's 1933 solo flight around the world in under eight days remains one of aviation's most overlooked achievements - completed by a one-eyed Oklahoma roughneck who pioneered the autopilot, the pressure suit, and the jet stream.
TaildraggerWiley Post lost an eye in an oilfield accident, bought his first airplane with the insurance money, and changed aviation forever.
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