Imperial Valley press., 1933-07-21
WILEY POST
W|NG|NG WAY
TOEDMONTON
Continues World Girdling Flight
After Repairs To Plane DAM
aged In Crash Yesterday.
STILL AHEAD OF RECORD
Flyer Has Hopes Of Arriving In
New York Many Hours In Ad-
vance Of Old Mark.

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, July 81.
W.P)-Wiley Post landed his globe
circling plane here at 10:43 a. m.
today Q2:43 p. m. PST.
He had flown from Flat, Alaska.
Post Immediately refueled his
plane for the 1450 mile hop to Ed
monton, Alberta, on the next to
the last jump OF his round-the-
world flight.
He had been away from New
York l55 hours and 35 minutes
when he landed here from Flat,
Alaska, where he took off at 7:30
u. m.
Post said he planned to remain
here about four hours.
1t was raining here when he
landed and the sky was obScured
by low hanging clouds, Reports
along the route he would follow
indicated rain and clouds, but very
little wind over the first half of
the journey.
Post was still slightly ahead Of
his former record set two years
ago. At that time he and Harold
Gatty took 166 hours and 20 min
uteS to reach Fairbanks.
FLAT, Alaska, July 81. UPh-Me-
chanics hastened repairs on. the
globe-girdling airplane Winnie Mae
early today as Wiley Post, who was
forced down here yesterday after
being lost in a storm for six hours,
prepared to take off again for Ed
monitor, Alberta.
Post and his robot pilot sped
across the Bering sea from Kha-
barovsk, Siberia, yesterday, pass
ing over Nome in record time.
But sudden Alaska sleet storm
accompanied by bowling winds,
trapped him in the air before he
could reach Fairbanks.
He crossed the airfield near Nome
at 7:30 a. m. Q0:30 a. m. PST), Is
hours 80 minutes out of Khabarovsk
and 81 hours 90 minutes ahead OF
the Post-Gatty mark of two years
ago to that point.
He flew over Ruby, Alaska, $50
miles northwest of Flat, at 11:30 a.
m, Q30 p. M, PST), after being
buffeted by the beginnings of the
storm that cost him hours in lost
time.
The Winnie Mae circled Ruby
several times, seeking landing
field. He could see none.
Then l decided to fly in ever
widening circles" said the intrepid
Oklahoman. Visibility was so poor
I couldn't continue. had to find
a field"
The widest circle carried him
within SO miles of his goal at Fair
banks, but he did not know it. AS
he flew over the rough Alaskan
ranges, in thickening storm, his
gasoline neared depletion.
Over Flat, he decided to take
chance on the rough field. When
the Winnie Mae, veteran of the for
mer world-flight, struck the tundra.
1t plunged and rolled over.
The propeller was bent and the
landing gear was damaged.
Post was unhurt as the ship nosed
into the soil and flopped. He direc-
ted that repairs be made on the
plane in a machine shop here, then
went to bed for a needed rest.
A new propeller and other equip
ment to repair the Winnie Mae was
brought here from Fairbanks by
Pilot Joe CroSson in Pacific-Al-
askan airways plane that also car
ried two mechanics. CroSSon said
that flying conditions between Flat
and Fairbanks, 200 miles northeast
of Flat, had improved although
clouds still were low.
Despite the loss of time while
circling aloft and while awaiting
repairs, Post can easily beat his
former record into New York if he
gets away early on the Edmonton
leg of 1450 miles.
That course is a common one in
northern air travel and storms are
infrequent at this time OF year. The
home leg from Edmonton to New
York is 2200 miles.
He and Harold Gatty circled the
world in days, Is hours and 81
minutes, of which days, 10 hours
and minutes were spent in the
air.
Post was 1876 hours, 20 minutes
out of New York when he landed.
When he and Gatty made their
first stop in Alaska, at the Solomon
airport near Nome, they were l48
hours, 40 minutes fnom New York.