Willie Post: one-eyed pilot's record
American pilot Willie Post made July 22, 1933, the first ever single flight around the globe, which lasted 7 days 18 hours and 49 minutes.
The pilot and traveler Willy Post got a license of a civilian pilot in 20 years. It was issued despite the injury - the pilot did not have one eye because of an injury.
After the manned round-the-world flight of Dr. Hugo Eckener aboard the airship Graf Zeppelin, Willy Post dreamed of a round-the-world travel by plane. I am confident in my success, I began to prepare for the journey.
I chose for the flight the "Lockheed Vega 5В" - the fastest in the 1930s. Instead of six seats in the cabin were installed fuel tanks with fuel. In addition, the aerodynamics of the aircraft was improved, and the speed of the aircraft was increased to 217 km / h.
The plane "Winnie Mae" took off on June 23, 1933 from Roosevelt Airport in New York. The flight was divided into 14 stages in order to refuel the fuel and check the operation of the aircraft units.
The first phase of the flight was from New York to Harbor Grace in Iceland. Then across the ocean to English Chester, to Hannover, Berlin. The flight took 35 hours without rest. After nine hours of sleep, a course was taken to Moscow and further to Novosibirsk, Irkutsk, Blagoveshchensk-on-Amur.
Then there was a flight to Khabarovsk and further through the Pacific Ocean to Alaska. He crossed the route at 25,089 km in 7 days 18 hours and 49 minutes.
For merits in aviation, the International Aviation Federation in 1933 awarded Willy Post a Gold Medal. In August 1935, the Post crashed on an airplane on the surface of an Arctic lake.
The pilot and traveler Willy Post got a license of a civilian pilot in 20 years. It was issued despite the injury - the pilot did not have one eye because of an injury.
After the manned round-the-world flight of Dr. Hugo Eckener aboard the airship Graf Zeppelin, Willy Post dreamed of a round-the-world travel by plane. I am confident in my success, I began to prepare for the journey.
I chose for the flight the "Lockheed Vega 5В" - the fastest in the 1930s. Instead of six seats in the cabin were installed fuel tanks with fuel. In addition, the aerodynamics of the aircraft was improved, and the speed of the aircraft was increased to 217 km / h.
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The plane "Winnie Mae" took off on June 23, 1933 from Roosevelt Airport in New York. The flight was divided into 14 stages in order to refuel the fuel and check the operation of the aircraft units.
The first phase of the flight was from New York to Harbor Grace in Iceland. Then across the ocean to English Chester, to Hannover, Berlin. The flight took 35 hours without rest. After nine hours of sleep, a course was taken to Moscow and further to Novosibirsk, Irkutsk, Blagoveshchensk-on-Amur.
Then there was a flight to Khabarovsk and further through the Pacific Ocean to Alaska. He crossed the route at 25,089 km in 7 days 18 hours and 49 minutes.
For merits in aviation, the International Aviation Federation in 1933 awarded Willy Post a Gold Medal. In August 1935, the Post crashed on an airplane on the surface of an Arctic lake.
