- Description: Wiley Hardeman Post was an American aviator and the first pilot to fly solo around the world. In 1931, with navigator Harold Gatty, he circumnavigated the globe in 15,747 km (9,787 mi), taking 8 days, 15 hours, 51 minutes. In 1933, he equipped his Lockheed Vega with an autopilot and radio direction finder and completed the first solo circumnavigation in 7 days, 18 hours, 49 minutes. He was also a pioneer in high-altitude flying, helping develop one of the first pressure suits and discovering the jet stream. Post died in a plane crash in Alaska in 1935 alongside humorist Will Rogers
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1898-1935
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Plane, Aeroplano, Avion
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: http://www.wileypost.org
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q264389
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Post, Wiley H. Around the World in Eight Days, with Harold Gatty, 1931.
In 1930, the record for flying around the world was not held by a fixed-wing aircraft, but by the Graf Zeppelin, piloted by Hugo Eckener in 1929 with a time of 21 days. On June 23, 1931, Post and the Australian navigator Harold Gatty, left Roosevelt Field on Long Island, New York, in the Winnie Mae with a flight plan that would take them around the world, stopping at Harbour Grace, Flintshire, Hanover twice, Berlin, Moscow, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk, Blagoveshchensk, Khabarovsk, Nome, where his propeller had to be repaired, Fairbanks where the propeller was replaced, Edmonton, and Cleveland before returning to Roosevelt Field.