POST TELLS STORY
OF HIS WO LD
SOLO FLIGHT
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(Fairbanks News-Miner, July 21 >
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Wiley Post, 'round-the-world
flier, landed in Fairbanks from
Flat, from which he took off at
7:30 a.m. He plans tio depart
from here at 4 this afternoon for
Edmonton, Canada.
The flier on reaching Fairbanks
circled the Weeks Aviation Field
twice before landing. He came to
the ground perfectly, and taxied
the Winnie Mae close in, .front of
the hangar of the Pacific Alaska
(Airways. He smiled at the large
cheering crowd that had gathered
to greet him.
m “It was good bo see old Joe, last
night,’’ referring to Mr. Crosson’s
presence at Flat where he went
with repairs for the Winnie Mae,
after the craft had crashed there
yesterday afternoon, he said to
Mrs. Crosson.
Going into the hangar, Post
talked with resident aviators,
newspapermen and acquaintances
■whom he made when he was” in
Fairbanks on his joint flight with
GatJty two years ago.
He then left the field to go to
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Crosson,
where the world flier was a guest
during his s'av in Fairbanks.
Post was in excellent condition
on his arrival in Fairbanks. Dur
ing he day the plane was serviced
and replentished with gasoline.
‘‘It sure was good to see old Joe
iaet night at Flat,” Post said to
day after landing a> Fairbanks. “I
had more than fi,ve hour’s rest in
Flat. I shall be in Fairbanks un
til 4 o’clock. I want to eet into
Edmonton in the morning
“,1 had bad wTeather all the way
from the middle of the Atlantic
Ocean to. Europe, hut. it was fairly,
good ia Germany, but had going
out of Berlin. There were two
hours of good weather near Mos
cow. The rest of the way was bad.
‘‘I have had a hard trip from
Khabarovsk. I flew thru moun
tains. hunting holes. The Rus
sians were very quick in servicing
the Winnie Mae. They h‘ad the
plan© ready in about two hours. I
had a big dinner there out on the
field.
Tve R.bot never went to sl^ep.
I d’d not know where I was yes
terday when I was over Ruby.
After leaving Rukhloyo, Siberia,
I never saw ground again until
passing over mountains near the
coast of Siberia. I saw the tops
of mountains near Nome. .1 was
seven hours In the clouds. I slip
ped Jdown underneath the clouds
■to see if it was Alaska.
1 saw' Nome, f should Hive Tanif
j < d at Nome to get the weather r>
1 port, but 1 flew straight toward
| Fairbanks. I turned north and fol
I lowed the Yukon river. After i
j while I seemed to see about 12
Yukon Rivers. I wandered all over
interior Alaska. 1 had more titan
150 gallpns of gas in the plane
when she landed at Flat. The
| plane nosed over in landing an 1
bent its propeller and damaged
lope side ^f the landing gear. Joe
jfirogspn brought me a propeller. v
| The Robot worked all right. On
i one hop my oil line broke. It was
I impossible to get a eontlee ion so 1
| had a silver connection soldered.
I could not have made my hop
yesterday without the robot.
I When I leave about 4 o'clock
this afternoon it will be G o’clock
Edmonton time. I shall get in Ed
monton about 4 in the morning. I
shall spend JO minutes in Edmon
ton' and will lie in New York Sun
day morning.”
In speaking of some of the in
cidents of tile flight. Post said:
I intended to be in Berlin about
20 minutes. It took 3 14 hours to
put in gas there. The Russians
j were much faster. No one in Buk
j hlovo could speak a word of Eng
lish. I w’as about to die for want
of a drink of water, hue could
not make them understand, iTtey
thought I w’anted strong liquor.. I
never did ge any water Finally
they made tea. but it was hot. The
interpreter at Khabarovsk spoke
perfect English.
Rin*ce I left Moscow the weather
has been bad. There was fog and
some rains oyer Okhostk Sea and
1 flew four-’ '-hours through rain
consta ntly.
The plane was in good condition.
It was very hick that I found
a place at Flat to crack up where
I could get help for repairs. A :
mining company had a welding out
fit, electric drill and all tools nec- i
essary, with two fine mechanics.
1 do not think there is any ques
tion but that I will yet in New
York in time to beat the record
that Gat*y and I made in 1931.”
Fatigued by continuous flying
Post lost bis way late yesterday
afternoon after he passed over |
Ruby with Fairbanks -as his ob-|
jective. He flew backward and for-j
ward and around in circles with- j
on being able to determine his j
i r.ipcr direction. He finally land
ed a t Flat, which was off his
ct.urse. In the .-landing at Flat, the
plane nosed over 'bending the pro
peller and doing some damage to
the landing gear. Post said he
could not use the brakes effect iy
ely on the short landing field.
Post, telegraphed Pilot Orosson
of the Pacific Alaska Airways at
Fairbanks to bring a propeller and
needed parts to Flat.
Crossop left here at t! p.m. in a
pontoon ship with Mechanics Loren
Warren and Larry Davis and 'the
necessary equipment. The pon
oon plane landed in the Idltarod
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River at Id it arm! and its three oc
Tnpn:it<—unfit1 ' i'!w - »‘f[rti;m nt was
met. by a mot ii4 truck and taken
to Flat.
Rost's plane was pn in condi
tion during the night for the, flight
to Fairbanks. He pilot'd it here
without trouble. Crossou. Warren
and Da’vis in their pan (Kin craft
accompanied the w rid flier on
the flight to this city.
J“A SMILE"
From the Land of the
MIDNIGHT SUN -
Nome, Alaska.
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'Old man Doolittle was past 90
when he thought, it was time for
him to take out some life insur
ance. The agent told him the co
mpany couldn’t accept such a risk
as that—a man over tut years of
age.
"Well.’’ squeaked the old gentle
man, “if you look tip your figures
vou'll find that mighty few people
die after the age of 90.’’
4 Poor old Hi ndonberg! Who
could have thought h? would ever
become a Nazi rubber stamp.?
If the new farm relief hill feally
helps the farmer it wil have a un
ique distinction.
Chancellor Cha miherl,ain says
Britain’s credit is now so good as
to be “almost' embarrassing.” Well,
the wav some of us used our credit
in the past is embarrassing us now
7 ~ .!
As usually happens, prices of cot
ton and wheat go up jast after the
farmers are sold out.
It looks as if those bartenders
who have kept up their union dues
all along may have the last laugh
yet.
From what we read in the pap
ers it appears that many motorists
seem ito ,think that warning si-gns
at railroad crossings are intend
for the locomotive engineer.
'In h»vc writing iHIm. mail «
CHURCH NOTES
' FEDERATED GHURiTH
Norman McOay, Pastor
[Sunday school at 11 a.m.
[Bveaing worship at 7:4* pm.
Pastor’s senmon message.
[‘ ^aith Toward Our Lord Jesus
Christ.”
You and your family are most
cordially invited.
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Masses at 9 and 11 am Sundays.
Sunday School at 2pm.
* Evening Service at 7:30
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
W. F. BALDWIN, PASTOR
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Adults.
11 A.M. Children’s Church in
Club House.
7 P.M. Evening Service.
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| (.'HAND MASTER MASON 1(1^
tflflflK VISITS NOME
J-ohn I. Preissner, grand master
| of the Masonic Grand Lodge of
'Washington and Alaska, aceomp
! anted b> his wife, were arrivals in
Nome last Monday from Seattle
via Fairbanks.,
A Grand Master Preissner is'visit
ing all Masonic lodges in his tour
of Alaska, and during his short
stay in Nome met with members
of the lodge at Masonic* Temple
Monday night, after which a stag
social was given in his honor.
Owing to adverse flying weather
lie -was delayed in returning until
Wednesday, July 27 th, but stated
that he was delighted with the
trip to Nome and greatly apprec
iated Nome's hospitality. On his
arrival at Fairbanks he expected
to immediately fly on to Anchor
age the same evening in order to
meet with the members of the
local * lodge there before making
connect hm with the—boat at Se
ward.
PLANE TO POINT HOPE
Pilot Chester Brown ;f the NAT
took off this morning for P;. Hope
vit Kotzebue, carrying mail and
the following passengers: Dept.
Interior Inspector Roy Nash, for
Kotzebue and Standish O’Sullivan
for Pt. Hope. The plane will Te
turn via Kotzebue and Candle and
expects to bring back to Nome!
Carl Lomen and Clinton Austin,
both of whom have been on an in
spection trip of the Lomen Inter
ests in northern points.
I For other airplane activities loo*
under the Telegraph Bulletin day*
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