Before his death in a plane crash in 1935, Post became one of the best-known fliers in the world, mainly because of a flight around the world with navigator Harold Gatty in 1931 and a similar solo flight in 1933. However, he changed his stand and supported the war effort soon after the incident on Pearl Harbour. The suit facilitated his exploration of the sub-stratosphere and helped pioneer high-altitude flight.
At a time, when both racism and gender inequality were major issues in the US, she was forced to travel to Europe to earn her pilot's license. Wiley Post, (born November 22, 1898, near Grand Saline, Texas, U.S.—died August 15, 1935, near Point Barrow, Alaska), one of the most colourful figures of the early years of American aviation, who set many records, including the first solo flight around the world. Faced with limited career opportunities as a civil aviator, she worked as a barnstormer, performing stunts to raise money to establish an aviation school for black people. After an oil-field accident in which he lost an eye, he purchased an airplane and learned to fly it in 1927. During those times it was not even known if it was possible for a fixed-wing aircraft to fly faster than sound. He recognized the importance of biological rhythms and the effects of fatigue on pilot proficiency and was one of the first to conduct research in this area.From his record-breaking flights to his innovations and explorations, Wiley Post made many vital contributions that advanced the science and theory of flight and made him one of the most celebrated pilots in aviation history.Wiley Post and Russell S. Colley, B.F. Goodrich engineer, testing the Post designed high altitude pressure suit in 1934.During his lifetime, Post received the Distinguished Flying Cross in 1932 by an act of Congress and won the Collier Trophy in the same year. Wiley Post was born in Texas on November 22, 1898. Post was born to cotton farmer parents, William Francis and Mae Quinlan Post. She was the 16th woman in the world to be issued a pilot's license from the ˜Federation Aeronautique Internationale' and after a period of laborious aviation training, she took her first flight in a yellow Kinner Airster biplane, flying it an altitude of 14,000 feet. He was a mechanical genius who fixed things around the farm growing up.
Friends with humorist Will Rogers, they were both killed in a crash that Wiley Post was piloting over Alaska on August 15, 1935. He was given two, New York City ticker-tape parades and the keys to the City. She funded her own higher studies by working as a laundress with her mother and working in the cotton field. She was also the proud recipient of a number of distinguished accolades and honors for her outstanding contributions to the world of aviation. He became the first person in the history of aviation to travel faster than sound when he flew the Bell X-1 in level flight in 1947. He recognized the importance of biological rhythms and the effects of fatigue on pilot proficiency and was one of the first to conduct research in this area.From his record-breaking flights to his innovations and explorations, Wiley Post made many vital contributions that advanced the science and theory of flight and made him one of the most celebrated pilots in aviation history.Wiley Post and Russell S. Colley, B.F. Goodrich engineer, testing the Post designed high altitude pressure suit in 1934.During his lifetime, Post received the Distinguished Flying Cross in 1932 by an act of Congress and won the Collier Trophy in the same year.
Apart from her aviation career, she authored a number of best-selling books during her lifetime about her flying experiences and was instrumental in the formation of the organization for female pilots, ˜The Ninety-Nines'. In 1931, Post and his navigator, Harold Gatty, flew Post's trusty Winnie Mae around the world in just under nine days—breaking the previous record by nearly two weeks. November Nov 22, 1898. However, her story keeps inspiring young African-Americans and people all over the world who nurture hard-to-achieve dreams.