Imperial Valley press., 1933-07-22
POST OFF ON
LAST LEG Of
GLOBE FLIGHT
Tired Flyer Takes Off From
Edmonton For Nonstop Hop
To New York.
STILL AHEAD OF RECORD
0klahoman Hoping To Arrive
At Floyd Bennett Filed Early
Sunday Morning.

Wiley Post shot his monoplane
Winnie Mae eastward from Edmon-
ton today on one long and final
flight for New York-and new
record in his sizzling journey
around the world.
Leaving Edmonton at l0:41 a. m.
tEDT), Post started the 2,200 miles
flight to his final goal 20 hours and
IL minutes ahead of the Post-Gat-
ty record.
Posts plane was fueled with 438
gallons of gasoline and the sturdy
-the-world flyer started the
dash to New York, confident OF
achieving the first flight alone
around the globe as well as break
ing the record of eight days, Is
hours and 81 minutes which he and
Harold Gatty now hold.
With luck, he hoped to make the
flight to Floyd Bennett field i'll about
Is hours, arriving early Sunday
morning. He has until p. m. Sum
day to complete the trip and still
break the record.
Post flew over the center Of the
city at TOO feet altitude speeding
eastward. His plane slowly disap-
peared to the east.
Post said he was feeling fine
when he climbed in his plane and
that he would fly by the most direct
route to New York, probably north
of Winnipeg, thence via Port Ar
thur, Ont, northern Lake Superior,
Lake Huron, Toronto, Lake Ontario,
thence to Buffalo or Rochester, and
then to Elmira, N. Y.
New spark plugs were put in the
plane at Posts request. The crowd
was so great when he reentered his
plane that helpers had to clear a
way for him. He got the Winnie
Mae into the air after a half mile
run. tHf a." ..
His flight from Fairbanks, Alaska,
where he took off at SAG p. m,
last night, Fairbanks time Q1:46
EDT) was made in fast time.
He came down in the heavy rain
at 9:l5 a. m. (EDT), 10 hours IL
minutes ahead of the record he
made two years ago with Harold
Gatty.
The 1000 persons at Blatchford
tielo were still cheering when me-
chanics ran out and started to re-
fuel the Winnie Mae for the final
22OO mile dash to New York.
The watch had been an anxious
one. The Oklahoma flyer had been
reported only three times on the
1850 mile stage from Fairbanks,
and he was not sighted in this area
until he was 100 miles northwest
of the city.
Complains of Headache
One here, everything moved with
the precision of machinery. Post,
tired, stayed in his plane for sew
eral minutes after he pulled up 20
the apron.
How are you feeling?' Post was
asked
"I have an awful headache" he
said.
For three hours, Post said, ne
flew at 10000 feet. This accounted
for failure to report him. =.
"The weather on the first nall
of the trip was bad" he said. IAN
Edmonton radio station gave me
directional service all the way"
In the airport building Post faced
q battery of flaShlight photo
graphers and movie machines.
II want to give the men at Fair
banks a break, because they GER
tanly gave me one" Post said just
before he went to the shower room.
81 wandered round Alaska for
several hours before got to Fla"
he said. "I set her down on a
rough field, ran over the edge and
bent my propeller"
Posts praise for the expedition
with which Fairbanks men went to
his aid and helped him restart was
emphatic.
Two doctors examined the flyer
and said he was all right eXcep.
for fatigue.
A thermos bottle of ice water
was placed in the Winnie Mae along
with a package of sandwiches. Post
said he didn't want food.