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WILEY POST
COMMEMORATIVE PLATE
ON JULY 15. 1933, WILEY POST TOOK OFF FOR THE SECOND TIME TO CIRCLE THE EARTH. THIS TIME ALONE, TO IMPROVE HIS OLD RECORD FROM 1931.
HIS INTENTION WAS TO MAKE ONLY FIVE STOPS. HIS LOCKHEED VEGA "WINNIE MAE" HAD THIS TIME BEEN EQUIPPED WITH AN AUTOPILOT, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND, FROM THE SPERRY GYROSCOPE COMPANY AND A RADIO DIRECTION FINDER SUPPLIED BY THE UNITED STATES ARMY
LESS THAN 26 HOURS AFTER TAKE OFF FROM FLOYD BENNETT FIELD, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK, HE LANDED AT TEMPELHOF AIRPORT, BERLIN. HEADING FOR HIS SECOND STOP, NOVOSISIRSK, RUSSIA.
HE HAD TO LAND IN EAST PRUSSIA TO HAVE MAPS REPLACED FORGOTTEN IN BERLIN. A SECOND UNSCHEDULED STOP WAS MOSCOW. TO HAVE THE MECHANICAL MIKE, AS HE CALLED THE AUTOPILOT.
REPAIRED. AFTER NOVOSIBIRSK ANOTHER UNSCHEDULED STOP WAS MADE AT IRKUTSK LANDING AT KHABOROVSK, HIS JUMPING-OFF POINT TO ALASKA, 10 HOURS AHEAD OF HIS 1931 RECORD.
OTHER STOPS WERE: FLAT, ALASKA - FAIRBANKS - EDMONTON, CANADA.
HE LANDED AT FLOYD BENNETT FIELD AT 11:551/2 P.M., JULY 22, 1933.
WILEY POST HAD FLOWN AROUND THE WORLD
IN 7 DAYS 18 HOURS 49 1/2 MINUTES.
"HE DID IT ALONE"
LOCKHEED 5C VEGA
"WINNIE MAE"
Engine: 450 HP Pratt & Whitney Wasp C radial engine.
Wing span:41 ft.
Length: 27 ft. 6 in.
Gross weight:4,750 Ibs.
Height: 8 ft. 2 in
Wing area: 275 sq. ft.
Cruise speed: 170 miles/h
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