📅 First solo flight around the world (1933)
Along the way he stopped 11 times for fuel.
Where: Floyd Bennett Field, New York
📅 On This Day: July 22
July 22, 1933: First solo flight around the world. On 22 July 1933, American pilot Wiley Post landed back in New York in his plane, the Winnie Mae. He had left New York on 15 July and became the first person to fly alone around the world, in 7 days, 18 hours and 49 minutes.
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- 1784 🔬 German astronomer Friedrich Bessel was born in 1784; he was the first to measure the distance to a star other than the Sun.
- 1793 🧭 Explorer Alexander Mackenzie reached the Pacific Ocean in 1793, becoming the first recorded person to cross North America from coast to coast.
- 1951 🚀 In 1951 two Soviet dogs, Dezik and Tsygan, rode a rocket up to space and became the first dogs to fly there and come home safely.
🧠 Question of the day
How many fuel stops did Wiley Post make?
- 100
- 11
- None
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Answer: 11
Questions
What happened on July 22?
July 22, 1933: First solo flight around the world. It happened in Floyd Bennett Field, New York.
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Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnie_Mae