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Wiley Hardeman Post (1898 -1935) was an American aviator during the interwar period and the first pilot to fly solo around the world. Known for his work in high-altitude flying, he helped develop one of the first pressure suits and discovered the jet stream. On August 15, 1935, he and American humorist Will Rogers were killed when his aircraft crashed on takeoff from a lagoon near Point Barrow in the Territory of Alaska. In 1933, Post repeated his flight around the world, this time using the auto-pilot and compass in place of his navigator and becoming the first to accomplish the feat alone. He departed from Floyd Bennett Field and continued on to Berlin where repairs were attempted to his autopilot, stopped at Königsberg to replace some forgotten maps, Moscow for more repairs to his autopilot, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk for final repairs to the autopilot,[citation needed] Rukhlovo, Khabarovsk, Flat where his propeller had to be replaced, Fairbanks, Edmonton, and back to Floyd Bennett Field. Fifty thousand people greeted him on his return on July 22 after 7 days, 18 hours, 49 minutes. Signed Photograph, “To Hon. Harlan H. Rippy, From Wiley Post, 8/29/33.” The B/W photo shows post in front of his plane “Winniw Mae” withPost’s notation in the negative, “Around the World Solo Flight 7 days 18 hours 49 minutes, Wiley Post 7/22/33”. Included is a 2004 Certificate by Christophe Stickell with his statement “From the estate of Harlan Rippey.