Paul Kwietniak · @DuBusGuy19
37 followers · 290 posts · Server historians.social
#onthisdate in 1933 #aviation #pioneer Wiley Post returned to #FloydBennettField in #brooklyn after completing the first #solo #flight #aroundtheworld. Earlier, he had become the first to fly around the world in a fixed-wing #aircraft but with a #navigator. In 1935, Post was killed after taking off from #pointbarrow #alaska. #willrogers was his passenger. #newyorkcity #nyc #history #histodons #gatewaynationalrecreationarea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiley_Post
#onthisdate #aviation #pioneer #floydbennettfield #brooklyn #solo #flight #aroundtheworld #aircraft #navigator #pointbarrow #alaska #willrogers #newyorkcity #nyc #gatewaynationalrecreationarea #history #histodons