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Wiley Post & Will Rogers Crash - Links


Wiley Post 1933 crash at Flat, Alaska
A photo and description of a crash that occurred during his solo round-the-world flight.

Wiley Post / Will Rogers Crash Memorial
On the 3rd anniversary of the crash, this envelope was flown from Barrow following the dedication of a memorial.

NC14259, the Post-Rogers Funeral Plane
This Lockheed 10C Electra operated by Pacific Alaska Airways was used to carry the bodies from Alaska to the States.

WileyPost.com
A well-illustrated summary of Post's accomplishments.

Forgotten Eagle: Wiley Post, America's Heroic Aviation Pioneer
This extremely detailed history by Bryan B. Sterling and Frances N. Sterling focuses on the crash.

Renton, Washington
This illustrated article focuses on Post and Rogers' visit to what is now the Will Rogers - Wiley Post Memorial Seaplane Base.

When the Laughing Stopped: The Strange, Sad Death of Will Rogers
In this new (2011) book, author John Evangelist Walsh draws on extensive original research to recount the tragic story of the crash with a wealth of new detail, as well as providing a moving portrait of the unfortunate Mary Rogers, Will's daughter, whose life was greatly undone by her father's untimely death.

Will Rogers
An excellent biography from the National Aviation Hall of Fame.

Wiley Post
A biography from the National Aviation Hall of Fame.

Wiley Post
An excellent biography from Acepilots.com.




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