Editing Wiley Post (section)

{{Short description|20th-century American aviator}}
{{for|the airport|Wiley Post Airport}}
{{distinguish|Wally Post}}
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|name=Wiley Post
|image=Wiley Post cph.3b33667.jpg
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|caption=Post in 1931
|birth_date={{birth date|1898|11|22|mf=y}}
|birth_place= [[Corinth, Van Zandt County, Texas]], US
|death_date={{death date and age|1935|8|15|1898|11|22|mf=y}}
|death_place=[[Point Barrow]], [[Territory of Alaska]], US
|occupation=[[Aviator]]
|spouse=Mae Laine (m. June 27, 1927)
}}
[[File:NASM-NASM2014-01653.jpg|thumb|''[[Winnie Mae]]'', Wiley Post's  [[Lockheed Vega]] when it was on display at the [[Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center]]]]

'''Wiley Hardeman Post''' (November 22, 1898 – August 15, 1935) was an American aviator during the [[Aviation between the World Wars|interwar period]] and the first [[aviator|pilot]] to fly solo around the world. Known for his work in high-altitude flying, he helped develop one of the first [[pressure suit]]s and discovered the [[jet stream]]. On August 15, 1935, he and American humorist [[Will Rogers]] were killed when his aircraft [[Rogers-Post Site|crashed on takeoff]] from a lagoon near [[Point Barrow]] in the [[Territory of Alaska]].

Post's modified [[Lockheed Vega]] aircraft, the ''[[Winnie Mae]]'', was on display at the [[National Air and Space Museum]]'s [[Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center]] from 2003 to 2011. It is now featured in the "Time and Navigation" gallery on the second floor of the [[National Air and Space Museum]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]