Wiley Post, the Winnie Mae, and the One-Eyed Oklahoma Boy Who Flew Solo Around the World
How Wiley Post, a one-eyed Oklahoma pilot, flew the Winnie Mae solo around the world in 1933 and pioneered the pressure suit.
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Wiley Post and the Winnie Mae - The One-Eyed Pilot Who Flew Around the World Alone
Wiley 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.
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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