Wiley Post
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title:
Wiley Post
text:
Wiley Hardeman Post was an American aviator during the interwar period and the first pilot to fly solo around the world. Known for his work in high-altitude flying, Post helped develop one of the first pressure suits and discovered the jet stream. On August 15, 1935, Post and American humorist Will Rogers were killed when Post's aircraft crashed on takeoff from a lagoon near Point Barrow in the Territory of Alaska. Post's Lockheed Vega aircraft, the Winnie Mae, was on display at the National Air
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wiki
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encyclopedia
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20th-century American aviator
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiley_Post
date created:
2004-03-29T21:09:04Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T23:08:38Z
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