Wiley Post, the Winnie Mae, and the Solo Flight Around the World That Nobody Thought One Man Could Fly
Wiley Post flew solo around the world in 1933 - one-eyed, in a plywood monoplane - and in doing so helped discover the jet stream.
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Wiley Post, the Winnie Mae, and the Solo Flight That Changed Everything We Know About the Upper Atmosphere
Wiley 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, the Winnie Mae, and the Solo Circumnavigation That Proved One Man Could Circle the Globe Alone
Wiley 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 and the one-eyed Oklahoma farm boy who flew around the world twice and discovered the jet stream
Wiley Post lost an eye in an oilfield accident, bought his first airplane with the insurance money, and changed aviation forever.
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