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Originally Posted by typ550
For those of you who don’t know, Wiley was a kickass contemporary of Lindbergh and Earhart and was the first man to fly solo around the world (among numerous other accomplishments). Not bad for a guy with one eye. History also remembers him as the pilot who was flying Will Rogers when they crashed and were killed in Alaska.
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A bit OT but my wife went to "Will Rogers Elementary School" and I went to "Wiley Post Elementary School". I think I saw a majority of the pictures of Wiley Post during school.
From the "Only in Oklahoma" category ... the two biggest airports in Oklahoma City are named after these people who died in a plane crash.