Talk:Wiley Post
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[edit] Something that's been on my mind
Ok, guys, there's something that's been on my mind for some time now. I recall many, many years back (1997 or thereabouts) listening to Paul Harvey's The Rest of the Story. In this program, about Wiley Post, it was suggested that Wiley Post in fact intentionally flew an unairworthy aircraft, basically (although not explicitlly stating such) that his death and the death of Will Rogers can in fact be said to be a murder/suicide. I recall the radio program mentioning an "Edward Kennedy" or some such as a witness/mechanic for the flight. I however cannot find any other references and the only (poor) citation I have is this vague memory of Paul Harvey's radio show, so rather than just editing in an uncited fact that would very much be damaging to a very well respected history figure (one who, as an aviator myself has my respect) I've decided to just go ahead and include it in the comments section. Maybe someone else can verify or deverify this and confirm whether or not I just need my memory screwed on straight - 24.9.10.235 04:04, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
I have never heard that story, and I doubt that it is true. Wiley certainly made a mistake putting together the parts of two different airplanes. There was never a thorough investigation of the crash, so we'll never know. --Unsinkablerob 19:06, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] First solo flight?
This article says that Post made the first solo circumnavigation (1933). However, circumnavigation lists Walter von Gronau as the first in 1932, and several web sites about Post make no mention of him being first. Which is true? — Johan the Ghost seance 13:22, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
- Fixed it — it was Wolfgang von Gronau, and he wasn't solo. — Johan the Ghost seance 15:29, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Streets and Roads named Wiley Post
Is it worth mentioning that in Anchorage, Los Angeles, and locations in TX, NJ, OK, MA, there are streets named after him?
[edit] Nose-Heavy
I've slightly amended the description of the aircraft's weight-and-balance. The clear consensus was that the hybrid aircraft was intrinsically nosy-heavy, and that the pontoons fitted exacerbated that characteristic. I've left in place, however, the previously extant notation that at least one source evidently disagreed as to the floats fitted, and I've also placed the appropriate references in place.
