| Summary: | Post Nears End Of Fast Solo Flight. POST NEARS END OF FAST SOLO FLIGHT FAIRBANKS, Alaska, July 21.—(U.E)—Wiley Post flew over Lake Minchumina, 100 miles southwest of here, on his flight from Hat to Fairbanks at 11:30, P. S. T., today, according to a report received at Fairbanks. * # # FLAT, Alaska, July 21—(U.P.)— His ship repaired after a forced landing, Wiley Post sped away today for Edmonton, Alberta, on the next to final lap on his record-breaking round-the-world flight. He had expected to get away earlier, but the hop off from a rough field here was delayed until Joe Crosson, Alaska aviator, arrived with a new propellor from Fairbanks. He also awaited weather reports from Nenana and Fairbanks. While repairs were made by mechanics through the night and early morning, Post was in a deep, exhausted sleep. However, he seemed considerably refreshed when he waved goodbye after his long journey from Khabarovsk, Siberia yesterday. Even with his delay at Flat, Post was ahead of the world flight record made by himself and Harold Gatty in the Winnie Mae two years ago. They were 166 hours and 29 minutes reaching Fairbanks. When Post left here this morning he had been out 152 hours and 19 minutes since he left New York early last Saturday.
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