Wiley Post
✶November 22, 1898
†August 15, 1935
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✶November 22, 1898
†August 15, 1935
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Wiley Hardeman Post was an American aviator during the interwar period and the first pilot to fly solo around the world. Known for his work in high-altitude flying, he helped develop one of the first pressure suits and discovered the jet stream. On August 15, 1935, he and American humorist Will Rogers were killed when his aircraft crashed on takeoff from a lagoon near Point Barrow in the Territory of Alaska.
20th-century American aviator
Biography from the article Wiley Post on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.