Wiley Post's 1930s stratospheric research produced the first practical pressure suit and the first cockpit documentation of the jet stream - foundations of modern high-altitude flight.
TaildraggerIn July 1933, one-eyed pilot Wiley Post flew the Winnie Mae solo around the world in 7 days, 18 hours, and 49 minutes - and changed aviation forever.
TaildraggerWiley Post flew solo around the world in 1933 with one eye, a failed autopilot, and a propeller repaired in the Soviet wilderness - completing the flight in 7 days, 18 hours, 49 minutes.
TaildraggerWiley Post flew around the world alone in 1933, then pioneered the pressure suit and jet stream research that shaped every pressurized aircraft flying today.
TaildraggerWiley Post flew around the world twice, discovered the polar jet stream, and invented the pressure suit that made space travel possible - all on $1,800 and one eye.
TaildraggerWiley Post flew around the world twice, discovered the jet stream, and built the first pressure suit - all with one eye and no high school diploma.
TaildraggerWiley Post flew solo around the world in 1933 with one eye, a mechanical autopilot, and an elastic cord - then built the first pressure suit in aviation history.
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TowerHow one-eyed Oklahoma roughneck Wiley Post flew solo around the world and discovered the jet stream in a wooden airplane.
TaildraggerHow one-eyed Oklahoma roughneck Wiley Post flew solo around the world in under 8 days and pioneered the autopilot, pressure suit, and jet stream.
TaildraggerHow one-eyed pilot Wiley Post flew solo around the world, discovered the jet stream, and invented the pressure suit.
TaildraggerHow one-eyed pilot Wiley Post flew the wooden Winnie Mae around the world twice and pioneered the pressure suit and jet stream.
TaildraggerWiley Post, a one-eyed Oklahoma roughneck, flew solo around the world in 1933 and pioneered the pressure suit and jet stream.
TaildraggerHow one-eyed pilot Wiley Post flew solo around the world in 1933, discovered the jet stream, and helped invent the pressure suit.
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TowerHow Wiley Post, a one-eyed Oklahoma pilot, flew the Winnie Mae solo around the world in 1933 and pioneered the pressure suit.
TaildraggerWiley Post used a $1,800 workers' comp settlement to learn to fly, then circled the globe twice, discovered the jet stream, and invented the pressure suit.
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