Article and illustration re: Post and Gatty flight
- Title
- Article and illustration re: Post and Gatty flight
- Creator
- New York Times
- Institution
- TCU
- Link
- https://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/23594
- Description
- Headline: "Post and Gatty End Their Record World Flight; Circled Globe in 8 Days, 15 Hours, 51 Minutes; 10,000 in Wild Demonstration at Field Here: Fliers Near Exhaustion: The Winnie Mae Beats the Zepplin's Record by 12 Days, 15 Hours. Wheels Touch at 8:47 P.M.: Traveled 15.474 Miles in 4 Days 10 Hours Flying Time - Averaged 145 Miles an Hour. 1,994 Miles on Last Day: Flew From Edmonton With a Stop at Cleveland for Fuel - Get Official Greeting."; Headline: "Crowd Surges on Field: Many Bruised by Clubs as Police Lines Give Way to Enthusiats: Motorcycles are Upset: Spectators Scale Fence and Leap Upon Plan Almost Before it is Stopped: Mrs. Post in the Throng: Lindberghs, Chamberlin, Acosta and Other Notables See End of Great Flight"; Headline: "Noisy City Acclaim Aways Fliers Today: Parade to City Hall Welcome to Leave Battery at Noon - Mayor to Give Medals: Dinner Set for Tonight: Trophies to Be Presented - City Luncheon Also Will Add to Tributes"; Healine: "Fliers' Own Story of 'Tough Spots' Tells of Near-Crashes in Russia: Worried Over Plane When Tractor Yanked It out of Mudhole in Siberia - Berlin-Moscow Hop Was the Worst - Thrilled by 'Generous and Good' Reception Here."
- Date
- 1931-07-02
- Decade
- 1930s
- Subjects
- Aviation
- Air travel
- Post, Wiley
- Source
- Box 019, Aviation-History 1930-1937 folder, Item 005
- Type
- Document
- Formats
- 18x22 paper
- Rights
- Prior written permission from TCU Special Collections required to use any document or photograph