From the Archives, 1933: Around the world in 8 days, the first solo flight
From the Archives, 1933: Around the world in 8 days, the first solo flight We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss By Staff Writers Normal text size NEW RECORD Wiley Post New York, 22nd July. Wiley Post, the Oklahoma airman, who set out from the Floyd Bennett aerodrome last Saturday to fly solo around the world, landed here at 11 o’clock tonight, having flown around the upper hemisphere via Berlin, Konigsberg, Moscow, Novoserbersk, Irktutsk, Kharbarovsk, Fairbanks (Alaska) and Edmonton (Canada). Post completed the flight in seven days, 18 hours ...