Return to:   Will Rogers and Wiley Post - America was in the throes of the Great Depression when another bout of tragic news streaked across the nation: two great men had been killed in an airplane accident in northern Alaska. Gallery Thumbnails Winnie Mae fuselage UAF-1998-129-5 The Winnie Mae's records are posted on the side of her fuselage: Los Angeles to Chicago 9 hours, 9 minutes, 4 second, August 27, 1930; and Around the World 8 days, 15 hours and 51 minutes, July 23, to July 1, 1931. In this 1933 solo flight around the world, Wiley Post would crack that record, circling the globe in 7 days and 19 hours. Archives, University of Alaska Fairbanks.
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