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Wiley Post Route Map Section, Around the World Solo Flight

Summary

Collection ID:
NASM.XXXX.1006
Creators:
U S Hydrographic Office
Dates:
1933
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
0.05 Cubic feet
1 folder
Repository:
In July 1933, Wiley Post flying the Lockheed Model 5B Vega Winnie Mae (A/C No. NR105W) became the first person to fly solo around the world. Lieutenant J. F. Gillon worked at the US Navy Hydrographic Office and "voluntarily assisted many of the prominent fliers in plotting their courses," including Wiley Post. After his successful around the world solo flight, Post returned the map section in this collection to Gillon as a memento.

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a linen-backed map section of the Buffalo, New York region with route and degrees marked in red ink. The section measures approximately 7 by 7 inches and is marked on the reverse with the inscription, "Lt. J. F. Gillon, Hydrographic Office, 1933" and the number "310,728."

Arrangement

Arrangement
Collection is a single item.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
In June 1931, Wiley Post flying the Lockheed Model 5B Vega Winnie Mae (A/C No. NR105W) with Harold Gatty as navigator successfully traveled around the world making fourteen stops and setting a record time of 8 days, 15 hours, and 51 minutes. In July 1933, Post followed a similar course but made only eleven stops and became the first person to fly solo around the world, making the trip in 7 days, 18 hours, and 49 minutes.
Lieutenant J. F. Gillon worked at the US Navy Hydrographic Office and "voluntarily assisted many of the prominent fliers in plotting their courses," including Wiley Post. After his successful around the world solo flight, Post returned the map section in this collection to Gillon as a memento.

Administration

Author
Jessamyn Lloyd
Immediate Source of Acquisition
J. F. Gillon, Gift, 1933, NASM.XXXX.1006.
Processing Information
Arranged and described by Kristin Harley (intern), 2010. Updated and encoded by Jessamyn Lloyd, 2023.

Digital Content


Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
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Preferred Citation
Wiley Post Route Map Section, Around the World Solo Flight, NASM.XXXX.1006, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Conditions Governing Use
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests

Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Flights around the world Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Endurance flights Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Aeronautics Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Maps Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Post, Wiley, 1898-1935. Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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