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Wiley Post and Harold Gatty take off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island in an attempt to circumnavigate the world in a single-engine plane.
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Wiley Post
20th-century American aviator
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…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Harold Gatty
Australian aviation record holder (1892–1973)
Harold Charles Gatty was an Australian navigator and aviation pioneer. Charles Lindbergh called Gatty the "Prince of Navigators." In 1931, Gatty served as navigator, along with pilot Wiley Post, on the flight which set the record for aerial circumnavigation of the world, flying…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Roosevelt Field (airport)
Former commercial and naval airport in New York state
Roosevelt Field is a former airport, located in the East Garden City section of Uniondale, on Long Island, New York, United States. Originally called the Hempstead Plains Aerodrome, or sometimes Hempstead Plains field or the Garden City Aerodrome, it was a training field for the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Circumnavigation
Complete navigation around the Earth
Circumnavigation is the complete navigation around an entire island, continent, or astronomical body. This article focuses on the circumnavigation of Earth.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)