Roosevelt Field, NY : Harold Gatty and Wiley Post, the two adventurous aviators who intend to circle the globe in ten days, took off on the first hop...
Standing behind the Harmon National Trophy for aviation, aviator Wiley Post conferring with his friend James Doolittle, August 27, 1934. Post won...
Aviator Wiley Post , the first pilot to fly solo around the world, who was also known for his work in high altitude flying, pictured wearing the...
Pioneer aviator Wiley Post , who completed a record-breaking round-the-world-flight in 1931, with Harold Gatty. He is in front of the same aircraft,...
American aviator Wiley Post in the cockpit of his Lockheed Vega, which is fitted with an early autopilot by Sperry Gyroscope, Queens, New York, 7th...
This picture of Wiley Post was taken by Tom Scurfield a 22-year-old trader of the Hudson Bay company. Scurfield is in charge of the trading post at...
American aviator Wiley Post is shown in a stratosphere suit of his own design, August 1934. The suit was planned to maintain normal atmospherical...
American aviator Wiley Post at Roosevelt Field on Long Island, New York, before departing on his round-the-world flight with navigator Harold Gatty...
Crowd forms in front of the south entrance to the Oklahoma State Capitol to view the body of Wiley Post. Post was the famous flyer who was killed in...
Hearse takes the body of Wiley Post from the Baptist church in Maysville, OK to the Capitol in Oklahoma City.
Will Rogers is welcomed to New York by Flo Ziegfeld and the Fallies. He will take part in the new Fallies production.
Private services were held this afternoon at the Wee Kirk O' The Heather. Reverend J. Whitcomb Brougher who read the services for the family. He is...
In his hotel room after his solo round the world flight, Wiley Post outlines his course on the glove for the benefit of his wife Edna Mae.
The brothers of Wiley Post, Gordon Post, left, his wife Gwendolyn, and Arthur Post of Maysville, OK leave a funeral home on Oklahoma City. The Post...
The plane that brought Wiley Post from Los Angeles on the last leg of the famed flyer's last flight arriving at the Oklahoma City airport. A crowd of...
The third attempt of Wiley Post to break the speed airplane transcontinental record by flying in the stratosphere from the west coast failed when...
In a clearing in Forest Lawn Memorial Park where the coffin of Will Rogers lies in state. Guarded by state soldiers mourners walk past and pay their...
In a clearing in Forest Lawn Memorial Park where the coffin of Will Rogers lies in state. Guarded by state soldiers mourners walk past and pay their...
The gates open for Forest Lawn Memorial Park where the coffin of Will Rogers lies in state. Guarded by state soldiers mourners walk past and pay...
Big Alaska transport plane carrying the bodies of Wiley Post and Will Rogers enters a hanger at the airport where the bodies will be transferred to...
The gates open for Forest Lawn Memorial Park where the coffin of Will Rogers lies in state. Mourners wait in a long line to walk past his coffin and...
Wiley Post arrives in Cleveland to address the Come to Cleveland luncheon at the Statler Hotel. Post received a key to the city for his work in...
Aviators Wiley Post and Harold Gatty , 1931. In June that year, American pilot, Post, and Australian navigator, Gatty, flew around the world in 8...
The American aviator Wiley Post on his arrival in New York after his world flight . 2nd August 1933. Photograph.
American aviator Wiley Post travelling down Broadway, New York, to his official reception after completing his first solo flight around the world.
The American aviator Wiley POST posing before the plane with which he had just finished first in the Los Angeles-Chicago race, at Curtiss Airport...
Aviators Wiley Post and Harold Gatty in a ticker-tape parade on Broadway, New York City, the day after their return from their record-breaking...
Aviators Wiley Post and Harold Gatty in front of their Lockheed Vega, 'Winnie Mae', at Berlin-Templehof airport, Germany, June 1931. American pilot,...
Wiley Post steps off the "Winnie Mae" while arriving at Cleveland Municipal Airport. Post came to Cleveland to speak at the Come to Cleveland...
American aviator Wiley Post and American humorist Will Rogers pictured boarding their aircraft just prior to their fatal plane crash in Alaska, 1935.
The American aviator Wiley Post with his Plane WINNIE MAE on the Floyd Bennett Aerodrome. 20th July 1933. Photograph.
Smiling, holding his coat, wearing a handkerchief bandage over his poor eye in place of the patch that slipped off during his flight, Wiley Post...
Photograph of Franks Phillips and Wiley Post after Post successfully penetrated the stratosphere with the pressure suit, December 1934.
Floyd Bennett Field, NY- Wiley Post, famous round-the-world flier, is shown in front of his globe-girdling plane, Winnie Mae, after his arrival at...
New York, NY- Waving to answer the crowds' cheers, Wiley Post starts his ride from the Battery along Lower Broadway to City Hall to receive New...
Will Rogers , and Wiley Post are pictured by the Hearst Metrotone News photographer on the wing of the Wiley's plane. Shortly after they took off in...
Photo shows Wiley Post, co-holder with Harold Gatty of the round-the-world record of 8 days and 16 hours made in 1931, standing beside the "Winnie...
Picture shows Wiley Post, the first man to make a solo flight around the world in 1933, standing by his lockhead airplane the "Winnie May." Undated...
New York, NY- Celebration for first around-the-world flight by Harold Gatty, navigator, and Wiley Post, pilot 6/23/1931 - 7/1/1931. Once again New...
In Chicago, the American aviator Wiley POST sitting in his special outfit, designed to allow him to pilot a flight at high altitude.
Aviators Wiley Post and Harold Gatty in a ticker-tape parade on Broadway, New York City, the day after their return from their record-breaking...
Mayor O'Brien pins medal on Wiley Post, 'round-the-world flier' on the steps of City Hall. His wife is at right.
Elevated view of a ticker tape parade in honor of aviator Wiley Post's 8-day, round-the-world flight, New York, New York, July 26, 1933.
Hollywood, CA- Great pals in Hollywood, ewre Shirley Temple, the popular child stars, and Will Rogers, movie actor and humorist, who died in a plane...
Post Off On Solo Flight Around world. Flying the Winnie Mae, the same plane in which he and Harold Gatty circled the globe in eight days, fifteen...
Ironically, Will Rogers' pretty young daughter, Mary Howard, was rehearsing for "Ceiling Zero," an aviation melodrama, at Lakewood, Me., when the...
Floyd Bennett Field, NY- Wiley Post of Oklahoma, round-the-world flyer, arrived at Floyd Bennett Field in his globe-girdling plane, Winnie Mae, 6/15,...
New York, NY- Celebration for first around-the-world flight by Harold Gatty, navigator, and Wiley Post, pilot 6/23/1931 - 7/1/1931. Once again New...
New York, New York- Shortly before Wiley Post took off on his round the world flight he gazed admirably at his lockheed the "Winnie Mae" and...
The twin-motored plane in which Howard Hughes, millionaire, motion picture producer, and aviation enthusiast, plans an attempt to better the...
Photo shows the Winnie Mae as it neared Cleveland airport, the first landing spot on American soil since the start of Wiley Post's round-the-world...
Wiley Post Tests Robot Plane. In preparation for his flight around the world in the Winnie Mae, Wiley Post, tested out the robot plane at the Floyd...
New York, New York- Inpreparation for his flight around the world in the Winnie Mae, Wiley Post tested out the robot plane at the Floyd Bennett...
Wiley Post's attempt for a seven hour stratosphere flight from Los Angeles to New York, failed when he was forced to land by a faulty oil line at...
Shown is the front seat and part of the plane rescuers removed Wiley Post's body after he and Will Rogers lost their lives. Shortly after takeoff...
Military guard of honor flanking the casket containing the body of Wiley Post, as it lay in state at the State Capitol in Oklahoma City, OK....
The last picture in life of Will Rogers and Wiley Post before take off. Shortly after takeoff their plane crashed and both died instantly.
Will Rogers , and Wiley Post are pictured by the Hearst Metrotone News photographer beside Wiley's plane. Shortly after they took off in Alaska the...
Will Rogers , and Wiley Post are pictured by the Hearst Metrotone News photographer standing beside Wiley's plane. Shortly after they took off in...
Wiley Post slides into the cockpit of his Lockheed named "Winnie Mae" in his stratosphere flight over Chicago. The aluminium suit he is wearing is...
Wiley Post's take off is recorded by the Hearst Metrotone News photographer in Seattle Washington. Shortly after they took off in Alaska the plane...
Wiley Post, the round the world flyer, is greeted by his mother, W.F. Post, after he and Harold Gatty completed their world flight.
Wiley Post slides into the cockpit of his Lockheed named "Winnie Mae" in his stratosphere flight from United Airport in Burbank, CA. The aluminium...
Will Rogers , and Wiley Post are pictured by the Hearst Metrotone News photographer on the wing of the Wiley's plane. Shortly after they took off in...
The plane wreckage where Will Rogers and Wiley Post crashed in a lake south of Point Barrow. Shortly after takeoff their plane crashed and both died...
The American aviator Wiley Post in front of his plane Winnie Mae, in which he attempted a record breaking round-the-world flight, New York, 1933.
In Chicago, the American pilot Wiley POST in a special outfit with which he was preparing to attempt a flight at record altitude. Air has to...
High wing cantilevered monoplane with monocoque fuselage, fixed landing gear, ground adjustable propeller. Flying this specially modified Lockheed 5C...
Wind-driven, badly dented, Model 28A12A-1. On 15 August 1935, American aviator Wiley Post was killed when his aircraft crashed on takeoff from a...
Cylindrical shaped panel mounted instrument, with white luminous figures on black face. Earth induction compass. On 15 August 1935, American aviator...
