Item 21269 - Wiley Post and Harold Gatty, Old Orchard Beach, 1931
- Item 21269 - Wiley Post and Harold Gatty, Old Orchard Beach, 1931
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- Item 21269
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Image Info Wiley Post standing up in cockpit and Harold Gatty on the plane, Winnie Mae, a Lockheed 5C Vega monoplane. Unidentified police officer on left.
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The plane was nicknamed "Around the World" because pilot Post and navigator Gatty set the record for flying around the world in the plane in June 1931. The flight took 8 days, 16 hours.
Post set the solo round-the-world record of 7 days, 19 hours in July 1933.
