Imperial Valley press., 1933-07-18
POST KEEPING
FAR AHEAD Of
FORMER MARK
Lone Flyer Arrives At Irkutsk
After Thrilling Flight Across
Siberian Wastes.
TRIP HALF COMPLETED
Must Reach New York Sunday
Night To Break Record Made
Two Years Ago.

IRKUTSK, Siberia, July l8. W.P
Wiley Post, setting record
breaking pace on his flight around
the world, landed here from Novo-
Sibirsk at 1886 p. m. Moscow time
today 1885 a. m. EDIT.
On landing he was rs hours and
l6 hours "a minutes ahead of tie
record.
Post said he intended to take off
for Khabarovsk at p. m. EDIT,
dawn at Irkutsk.
NOVOSIBIRSK, Siberia, July 18.
(U.P(-Wiley Post American around
the world flyer, took off at l:55 u.
m. EDIT. today Ql.55 a. m. local
time) for Irkutsk, 870 miles away.
He was II hours and minutes
ahead of the record he and Harold
Gatty made two years ago.
Post was So hours As minutes
out of New York. He had spent 48
hours 54 minutes in the air.
OF the 15,400 miles in the gloge
circling flight, he had covered
$500. He must get back to Floyd
Bennett airport New York, before
9:01 p. m. EDIT, Sunday to better
his record with Gatty-8 days, Is
hours, 81 minutes.
A yeritable iron man, who had
slept but once-at Koenigsburg,
Germany-since he left New York,
Post arrived here from Moscow
at 11:19 p. m. EDIT. Monday 600
a. m. today NovoSibirsk time)
Civil aviation authorities, news
Ipapermen and Miss Fay Gillis, of
Minneapolis, were at the field to
greet him. He swept down to q
splendid landing.
Climbing out of the cockpit of
the Winnie Mae, looking worn
but cheerful and alert, Post pro-
ceeded at once to inspect his plane
The condition was excellent, and it
needed no repairs.
He watched while mechanics
filled the planes five tanks with
gasoline. He would not sleep and
ate sparingly He took aboard food
for the flight to Irkutsk.
Airport officials, anxious that he
should be in the best of shape,
urged him to sleep. He consented
to lie down for 10 minutes, with
his eyes closed, but remained full
ly awake.
Then he was off. after a halt
of but 2 hours 36 minutes on his
way to Irkutsk. He will follow the
trans-Siberia railway all the way
across Siberia.
Weather Favorable
1t was raining at Irkutsk while
Post was here, but the weather
further along his route was favor
able. Post planned to rest at Irk-
utsk only two or three hours, while
the plane was being refuelled and
overhauled. and then proceed on
to Khabarovsk. in extreme eastern
Siberia, 1880 miles from Novosi-
birsk, where he will spend night.
From Khaarbarovsk but three
planned hops emained-Khabar-
ovsk to Fairbanks Alaska, 5000
miles; Fairbanks to Edmonton,
Canada, 1,450 and Edmonton to
Floyd Bennett field, New York,
1900.
Advised that the landing field at
1rkutsk was not a good one, Post
decided to look 1t over and if he
found it hazardous, to proceed to
Chita, 430 miles nearer Khabarovsk,
his final planned halt in Soviet
Russian territory
Post said he would overhaul his
plane completely at Irkutsk or
Chita.
Il flew in fog all the way" he
said of his flight from Moscow to
NovoSibirsk. Il could not even see
land for half the route
Russian officials, eager TO aid
the American flyer, sent word
ahead to authorities at both Irkutsk
and Chita to have fuel ready.
Posts record from New York
out was: New York to Berlin,
25 hours 46 minutes. Aground 2
hours Is minutes Berlin to Koen-
igsburg 4:29. Aground 1905 (slept)
koenigSburg TO Moscow 5:35.
Aground 2:55. Moscow to Novosi-
birSk 1904. Aground 2:36.