Northwest History. Alaska. Distance Flights.

• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1933
• Subjects: Fairbanks; Alaska; Wiley Post; Oklahoma flyer; Joe Crosson; Edmonton; Harold Gatty; New York; interior Alaska; the United States; army signal corps station; Nome; weather conditions; Winnie Mae; Flat; Northwest; Pacific > History > 20th century; Pacific; Siberia
• Online Access: http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/90266

Post Arrives At Fairbanks, Alaska. Post Arrives At Fairbanks, Alaska. FAIRBANKS, Alaska, July 21. (/P)— Wiley Post, Oklahoma flyer, circling the world by air, landed here at 10:42 a. m. today (3:42 p. m., eastern standard time). It was raining and there was poor visibility. FLAT, Alaska, July 21. (/P) —Wiley Post, Oklahoman flyer, resumed his aerial jaunt around the world today at 7:28 a.m., Fairbanks time (12:28 p.m., eastern standard time). Joe Crosson, who brought a new propeller for Post's plane from Fairbanks, circled over the field here at 7:25 a.m., and 3 minutes later Post joined him in the air. Both planes headed east for Fairbanks, where Post will refuel for his flight to Edmonton. The weather was good. Not Out of Race. Post was due in Fairbanks in less than three hours as it is only 375 miles away. He still has a chance to set a new globe-girding eclipsing that he and Harold Gatty set in 1931. This year he is flying alone. He has until 8 p.m. Sunday (E. S. T.) to reach New York to set a new record. Post was exhausted and extremely nervous when he nosed his plane over in a cross wind and damaged its landing gear and propeller yesterday afternoon after a 3000-mile flight from Khabarosk, Siberia. He had become lost in the fog over interior Alaska and had been following on eriver and then another in a brave battle against the clouds to reach Fairbanks. His plane was reparied during the night the Post obtained some rest in the United States army signal corps station here. The operators took the flyer in charge and put him to bed in their station soon after his plane came down. When Post passed over Nome at 8:30 a. m., Fairbanks time (1:30 p. m. E. S. T.) yesterday he had a lead of more than 30 hours on the time to that point set two years ago. Although he lost some time here, he was still ahead of the old record. The flight to Edmonton is over mountainous country, but Post considers it like "going down hill" as he is quite familiar with the route and weather conditions are likely to be better. At Fairbanks preparations had been made for a quick refueling of the Winnie Mae and Post was expected to be soon speeding on his way to Edmonton, 1450 miles away. The Edmonton-New York leg, the final one of his charted routes, is 2200 miles.