On this day in 1933 American aviator Wiley Post becomes the first person to fly solo around the world. He traveled 15,596 miles in 7 days, 18 hours and 45 minutes. He arrived back in American to a heroes welcome.
Wiley Post would be killed at the age of 36 on August 15th, 1935 when his plane crashed upon takeoff from a lagoon near Point Barrow in Alaska. In death Wiley Post would not receive top billing though-along with Post in the plane was the famous humorist Will Rogers.
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never travel with someone more famous than you otherwise no one will remember you.
that is the Wiley Post rule…. not to be confused with the Wally Pip rule.. never take a day off because of a headache..