Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2019.001.105 |
Object Name |
Pamphlet |
Title |
Welcome to Tulsa Post-Gatty Round-the-World Flyers Official Program |
Collection |
Wiley Post Collection |
Creator |
Unknown |
Scope & Content |
Pamphlet for reception of Wiley Post and Harold Gatty when they come to Tulsa Municipal Airport after their world flight. |
Date |
07/13/1931 |
Transcription |
[Front cover] Welcome to Tulsa Post-Gatty Round-the-World Flyers June 23-30 1931 [Picture of Winnie Mae plane among crowd of people] Official Program Tulsa, July 13, 1931 [Page 1] Around The World [To the left there is a picture of Wiley Post] Post Wiley Post and Harold Gatty, like most pioneers are young. Post is 32 and Gatty is only 28. There is another similarity between them in that they both came in flying from other spheres of activity. Post was a farm lay who dreamed high dreams as he trudged behind his team. The brown fields would suddenly disappear and the youth would see himself plowing fast furrows across the cloud- banked meadows of the sky. The dream was slow of realization, but fulfillment came at last. Strangely enough, it was an accident that gave him the chance he longed for. He was working in the oil fields and an industrial accident destroyed the sight of one eye. With the compensation money he bought his first plane. It was an old crate that had long since seen its best days, and the best hadn’t been very good, but the barnstormer who sold it threw in some instruction. Post flew an hour and 40 minutes with this man and then took the ship up himself. That was in 1924 and he’s been flying, ever since. Gatty, a Tasmanian, began his professional life on the seas, but his eyes, too, wandered always to the freer, faster element aloft. Trained in the Royal Australian Naval college, Gatty gained wide experience in navigation aloft before finally turning his talents to Aviation. [Page 3] In Eight Days Gatty [To the right there is a picture of Harold Gatty] Last summer he started out with Harold Bromley on a projected non-stop flight from Japan to the United States. They had been in the air 25 hours and were 1,200 miles at sea when a broken exhaust ring flooded the cabin with carbon-monoxide gas. Gatty, however, succeeded in directing Bromley back to Japan, where the plucky little navigator was confined to bed for two months with gas poisoning. After leaving the sea in 1927 Gatty established a navigational school in Los Angeles with a branch in San Diego. He has instructed many famous fliers, including Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh, Col. Art Goebel and others. With Lieut. Comdr. P.V.H. Weems of the navy, who taught Colonel Lindbergh navigation, Gatty has written numerous textbooks on aerial navigation. Like Post, he is married, but he has three young sons, where-as Post is childless. He lives in Los Angeles. Post was born in Grand Saline, Texas. His parents moved to Oklahoma and still live in the state, in Maysville. He was a barn-stormer for several years after obtaining his first plane and then entered the employ of Hall. Flying the same ship he has used for the world flight, he won the non-stop derby from Los Angeles to the national air races at Chicago last year. [Back four corners of pamphlet: Top two corners] The Route and The Sponsor [On the left, a picture of F.C. Hall of Oklahoma, who made the round-the-world flight possible. On the right, a drawing of the route that Post and Gatty took.] [Back four corners of pamphlet: Bottom left corner] Extending congratulations to Post and Gatty and a welcome to them and their party to Tulsa Municipal Airport, the following men who are building the New Municipal building have also given their support to the arrangements: G.J. Bowie, Builders. Allen Electric Company. Builders Concrete Company. Geo. D. Hope Lumber Co. Fowinier Stucco & Plastering Co. Watt Plumbing, Heating & Supply Co. In Behalf of the Post-Gatty Entertainment Committee, I take this opportunity to thank those who have assisted in any way in helping in the success of extending a worthy welcome to our distinguished guests Wiley Post, Harold Gatty, Frank C. Hall, and their party. Charles W. Short, Jr., Manager, Tulsa Municipal Airport. [Back four corners of pamphlet: Bottom right corner] Giving this financial aid and moral support to the committee on arrangements are the following Business Firms who welcome this opportunity to extend their congratulations to Post and Gatty: Tulsa Municipal Airport. Exchange National Bank. First National Bank. Fourth National Bank. National Bank of Commerce. Skelly Oil Co. Good Humor Ice Cream Co. Quality Milk Products Co. H.L. Cannady Co. Glen Dial Corp. Rex Baking Co. Tulsa Ice Co. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. Western Creameries, Inc. Michaelis Cafeteria. Dr. Pepper Bottling Co. Bishop’s Waffle House. Fuller’s Cafeteria. Public Service Company of Tulsa. Oklahoma Natural Gas Corp. [Back four corners of pamphlet: Three panels at the bottom, starting with left panel] Congratulations To… Post and Gatty —— Bowen Air Lines, Inc. "The Direct Line" Daily Service to Dallas, Austin, Ft. Worth San Antonio, Houston. [Bottom middle panel] FLY Kansas City, Chicago, Okla. City, Ft. Worth, Dallas, These exclusive advantages cost no more: 1. Only through tri-motored all-metal plan service. 2. Only through service with two pilots aboard each ship. 3. Only through service with radio. 4. Only service with spacious cabin and toilet facilities. 5. Only through service, giving complimentary meals aloft. 6. Only company with five years and 30,000,000 miles of flying experience. National Air Transport Subsidary of United Air Lines "Air transportation at its best" Phone 6-4958 [Bottom right panel] Braniff Air Ways, Inc. World's Fastest Air Line All ships used by the Braniff Air Lines are identical to the ones flown around the world by Post and Gatty. |
People |
Harold Gatty Wiley Post |
Search Terms |
Flight Oklahoma Pamphlet Program Tulsa World |