1. Wiley Post
By Kevin

2. About Wiley Born on November 22, 1898. Van Zandt County, Texas
Also a scientific inventor.

3. How he became interested
When he saw his saw his first air show and loved it.
Age 11
Mid 1920s he bought first airplane.

4. Aircraft inventions
Post Developed the pressure suit so that you could fly into the stratosphere.
Also developed the first “auto pilot.”

5. His Plane Wiley Post flew a Lockheed Vega nicknamed Winnie Mae.
Amelia Earhart and Ruth Nichols also flew that type of plane.

6. Contributions to aviation
Flew around the world twice.
-Once with navigator Harold Gatty (1931)
-Another time solo (1933)

7. His Death Died in Point Barrow, Alaska on August 15, 1935.
Was taking off in bad weather with little fuel and crashed and died.
Wife sold his plane.