Archive Record
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
2019.001.007 |
Object Name |
Program |
Title |
Unknown |
Collection |
Wiley Post Collection |
Creator |
Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce |
Scope & Content |
Program book for a Wiley Post forum hosted by the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce concerning the dedication and celebration of Post's statue. Signatures are written all over the front of the book and in the margins of its other two pages. |
Date |
09/26/1963 |
Year Range from |
1963 |
Year Range to |
1963 |
Transcription |
[Front Page] [[There are several signatures around the depiction of Wiley Post's statue]] OFFICIAL DEDICATION CEREMONY STATUE OF WILEY POST Leonard McMurry, Sculptor When a great man dies, for years the light he leaves behind him lies on the paths of man. . . . Longfellow [Page 1] [[There are several signatures around the Program Forum]] Program Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce WILEY POST FORUM September 26, 1963 12 Noon | Persian Room | Skirvin Tower HONORABLE A.S. MIKE MONRONEY United States Senator From Oklahoma INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS 15 Vocation--Major Melvin R. MIller Chaplain for Tinker Air Force Base The Strolling Strings Of the United States Air Force Band Special Recognition Oklahoma’s Teachers of the Year SALUTE TO WILEY POST Mr. O.M. Red Mosier Chairman, Wiley Post Dedication Committee Featured Speaker MR. GILL ROBB WILSON Famed American Aviator, Publisher and Consultant For More Than Thirty Years Immediately following the Forum, the Unveiling and Dedication of the full Length statue of Wiley Post will take place in Civic Center---2 P.M. [Page 2] [[There are several signatures on the top and right sides of this page]] WILEY POST Wiley Post was the pioneer aviator and researcher. His flights and pioneer experiments into space set records for all time. Like the other aviators of his time, he took part in some of the barnstorming activities but his heart was set on aviation as a new medium of transportation of men and materials. Wiley first became a national figure when he flew in the 1930 Bendix Air Derby. This was the famous "Winnie Mae" built by Lockheed with a Pratt & Whitney engine. Post won the Air Derby and America had a new hero. In 1931 Wiley Post, the aviator, joined with Harold Gatty, the navigator and flew the Winnie Mae around the world. Two years later, in 1933, Post became the first man to fly solo around the world. The flight was made in July and covered 7 days, 18 hours, and 49 1/2 minutes. The world remembers Wiley Post for these flights, but his greatest contributions were made in air research and exploration of the stratosphere. Following his 1933 flight, Post decided to devote his time to high altitude research. He prepared man and plane for the rarefied air of the atmosphere. Post developed a high altitude suit for the pilot. The motor of the Winnie Mae was covered in order to function at high altitude. [The] Purpose of the experiments was to show that the speed of airplanes could be increased by flying at great height. He discovered the jet stream. Post flew his plane to heights of 40,000 to 55,000 feet over a period of months at Chicago and at Bartlesville, Oklahoma. His altitude flights drew the attention of the public, the airplane constructors and mail operators to the possibilities of aviation in the atmosphere. He later used the information gained to fly from Los Angeles to Cleveland in the sub-stratosphere in 7 hours and 19 minutes. The famous "Winnie Mae" and the space suit developed by Wiley Post are now in the Smithsonian Institute in Washingron, D.C. No man did more than Wiley Post in marking out new and untried paths in the air, in breaking down previously admitted limitations, and in researching of the stratosphere. His passing was a loss to civilization. ———— A detailed history of Wiley Post and his accomplishments has been written by Dr. Stanley Mohler, Director of the FAA Civil Aeromedical Research Institute, and will be published soon. Excerpts from this book are at your places. Additional copies are available from the Oklahoma Citgy Chamber of Commerce. |
People |
Stanley Draper Wiley Post |
Search Terms |
Chamber of Commerce Forum Oklahoma City Program Signature Stanley Draper Wiley Post |