Wiley Hardeman Post (November 22, 1898 – August 15, 1935) was an American aviator during the interwar period and the first pilot to fly solo around the...
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Wiley Post Airport (IATA: PWA, ICAO: KPWA, FAA LID: PWA) is a city-owned public-use airport located seven nautical miles (13 km) northwest of the central...
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Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport, (IATA: BRW, ICAO: PABR, FAA LID: BRW) often referred to as Post/Rogers Memorial, is a public airport located in...
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The Will Rogers–Wiley Post Memorial Seaplane Base (FAA LID: W36) is a seaplane base in Washington state. It is owned and operated by the city of Renton...
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Flat, Alaska (section Wiley Post 1933 airplane crash)
aviator Wiley Post undertook the first solo flight around the world. On July 20, en route to Fairbanks from a stop in Khabarovsk, Siberia, Post nosed over...
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The Winnie Mae is a modified Lockheed 5C Vega flown by Wiley Post during the 1930 National Air Races, winning first place with a time of 9 hours, 9 minutes...
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Brower's Cafe. A United States Post Office was opened in 1901. In 1935, famous humorist Will Rogers and pilot Wiley Post made an unplanned stop at Walakpa...
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the highest paid of Hollywood film stars. He died in 1935 with aviator Wiley Post when their small airplane crashed on takeoff from a lagoon near Point...
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The Wiley Post Model A is a U.S. two seat sports biplane, built in small numbers in the 1930s. The 1934 Model A biplane is a development of the Straughn...
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc., commonly known as Wiley (/ˈwaɪli/), is an American multinational publishing company that focuses on academic publishing and instructional...
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other major airport, Wiley Post Airport, along with the Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport in Utqiagvik, are named for Wiley Post, who also died in...
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of Navigators." In 1931, Gatty served as navigator, along with pilot Wiley Post, on the flight which set the record for aerial circumnavigation of the...
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Samira Wiley is an American actress. She is best known for her starring role as Poussey Washington in the Netflix comedy-drama series Orange Is the New...
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became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean in one, and Wiley Post used his to prove the existence of the jet stream after flying around...
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seaplane bases: Kenmore Air Harbor on its north end; and Will Rogers – Wiley Post Memorial Seaplane Base on its south end, adjacent to Renton Municipal...
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Altitude: U.S. Aviation Pressure Suits, Wiley Post to Space Shuttle: U.S. Aviation Pressure Suits, Wiley Post to Space Shuttle None (PDF). Washington...
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Pressure suit (section Wiley Post)
967 feet in a Bristol Type 138 wearing a similar suit. In 1934, aviator Wiley Post, working with Russell S. Colley of the B.F. Goodrich Company, produced...
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17, 1903, flight. Other civilians who have received the award include Wiley Post, Jacqueline Cochran, Roscoe Turner, Amelia Earhart, Glenn H. Curtiss,...
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U.S., Udet befriended Lindbergh, Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Wiley Post, Roscoe Turner and other American QBs. Outside of New York, other Quiet...
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built in the WPA era. In April 2005, the Oklahoma City Skate Park at Wiley Post Park was renamed the Mat Hoffman Action Sports Park to recognize Mat Hoffman...
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known by his stage name Wiley (formerly Wiley Kat), is a British grime MC, songwriter, DJ and record producer from Bow, London. Wiley is often labelled the...
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Johnston, Connor, Stephens, Ceruzzi, 1969, p.59 fr:Wiley Post Around the world in eight days, Wiley Post & Harold Gatty, 1932, p.71 "The Longines Spirit...
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Kehinde Wiley (born February 28, 1977) is an American portrait painter based in New York City. He is known for his naturalistic paintings of black people...
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Bellonte following flight from Paris to New York City. 1931 July 2 – Wiley Post and Harold Gatty following round-the-world flight. September 2 – Olin...
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Fairbanks (Fairbanks International Airport), with hubs in Utqiagvik (Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport), Anchorage (Ted Stevens Anchorage International...
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Ralph Bellamy, as well as exploiting the fame of record-setting pilot Wiley Post in his only feature film appearance. Although limited in budget and production...
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judge Wiley Miller (born 1951), pen name of American newspaper cartoonist David Wiley Miller Wiley Nickel (born 1975), American politician Wiley Post (1898–1935)...
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November 1929. pp. 64–65. "Wiley H. Post". First Flight Society. Retrieved: June 23, 2020. Meunier, Claude. "WILEY POST" Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback...
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Maya D. Wiley (born January 2, 1964) is an American lawyer, professor, and civil rights activist. She has served as president and CEO of the Leadership...
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also used by other pioneering aviators, including Amelia Earhart and Wiley Post. The Hempstead Plains Aerodrome originally encompassed 900–1,000 acres...
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