Aeronautics: Didn't Prove a Thing

Wiley Post, who flew the monoplane Winnie Mae around the world in eight days with Harold Gatty, sat on the edge of his bed in a Chicago hotel room one day last week, talking to a reporter for North American Newspaper Alliance while he dressed. Flyer Post:

"Our flight didn't prove a thing. No stunt flying does. It is silly to say that such flights are made to develop aviation. No flyer would use an experimental device on such a trip. Only the equipment already proved sound is acceptable to a long distance...

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