1931 Wiley Post Around the World, McKinley Airport, Cleveland, Ohio

This is never before seen silent 16mm amateur film, from a private collection, showing an air show event at the McKinley Airport outside of Cleveland Ohio in 1931. At the 2:57 mark you will see the famous "Winnie Mae" airplane, and a few seconds later you will see its pilot, Wiley Post, emerge from the cockpit. The side of the airplane is painted with the text "Around the World." Since Post does not yet have an eye patch in this film, this means that this was taken during his first successful flight around the world with co-pilot Harold Gatty (Wiley Post later repeated the feat, but solo). The flight plan for this circumnavigation does show that the plane stopped in Cleveland just before completing the 'round the world trip. He returned from Cleveland to his starting point in New York, thus completing the around the world trip.
The "Winnie Mae" airplane now hangs in the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum.

Видео 1931 Wiley Post Around the World, McKinley Airport, Cleveland, Ohio канала John Meyer