#OTD On June 23, 1931, American aviator Wiley Post and Australian navigator Harold Gatty took off from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, New York, on a 15,474-mile journey around the globe.
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June 23, 2026 at 6:03 PM
#OTD On June 23, 1931, American aviator Wiley Post and Australian navigator Harold Gatty took off from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, New York, on a 15,474-mile journey around the globe.
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It’s #Aviation #History #Friday with Afterburner!
On 5th September 1934, #WileyPost became the #first #pilot to fly in a #pressuresuit. Built with help from B.F. Goodrich, it let him reach altitudes no normal #aircraft cabin could endure.
Read more about this #groundbreaking #feat below.
On 5th September 1934, #WileyPost became the #first #pilot to fly in a #pressuresuit. Built with help from B.F. Goodrich, it let him reach altitudes no normal #aircraft cabin could endure.
Read more about this #groundbreaking #feat below.
5 September 1934 – Wiley Post becomes the first to use pressure suit —
On 5th September 1934, the American aviator Wiley Post became the first person to fly in pressure suit, reaching an altitude of 12,000 metres (40,000 feet) over Chicago.
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September 5, 2025 at 6:10 PM
It’s #Aviation #History #Friday with Afterburner!
On 5th September 1934, #WileyPost became the #first #pilot to fly in a #pressuresuit. Built with help from B.F. Goodrich, it let him reach altitudes no normal #aircraft cabin could endure.
Read more about this #groundbreaking #feat below.
On 5th September 1934, #WileyPost became the #first #pilot to fly in a #pressuresuit. Built with help from B.F. Goodrich, it let him reach altitudes no normal #aircraft cabin could endure.
Read more about this #groundbreaking #feat below.
Though Post would tragically die just two years later in a crash alongside humorist Will Rogers, his name still soars in the story of flight.
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July 22, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Though Post would tragically die just two years later in a crash alongside humorist Will Rogers, his name still soars in the story of flight.
#WileyPost #WinnieMae #SoloFlight #AviationHistory #OnThisDay #RoundTheWorld #Avitation #FlightPioneer
#WileyPost #WinnieMae #SoloFlight #AviationHistory #OnThisDay #RoundTheWorld #Avitation #FlightPioneer
Wiley Post made history in 1933 by becoming the first to fly solo around the world—landing in NYC after just 7 days, 18 hours, and 49 minutes! ✈️ #RandomFact #DailyFact #AviationHistory #RecordBreaker #WileyPost
July 22, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Wiley Post made history in 1933 by becoming the first to fly solo around the world—landing in NYC after just 7 days, 18 hours, and 49 minutes! ✈️ #RandomFact #DailyFact #AviationHistory #RecordBreaker #WileyPost
July 15, 2024 at 12:30 PM