30 minutes agoPost, the aircraft that made the world's first flight
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)American airman Wiley Post, July 22, 1933, completed its first flight around the world alone. The flight on one engine covered a 25 thousand - mile [25 km] route and lasted seven days, 18 hours, and 45 minutes. Aero-nautics historian Robert van der Linden, says that Mr. Post's flight length did not...
The flight on one engine covered a 25 thousand - mile [25 km] route and lasted seven days, 18 hours, and 45 minutes.
Aero-Nautics historian Robert van der Linden says that Mr. Post's flight length was not the only achievement
The most important “, at least seen from our point of view, was his ability to use aircraft devices, especially his automatic driver, and his radio navigation device, which helped him greatly in the direction of the aircraft. Of course, the use of automatic executives greatly facilitated flight”.
Riley Post was killed in a plane crash in Alaska in 1935. His friend, American humorist Will Rogers, died in this accident.
