Editing Wiley Post (section)

==Honors and tributes==
[[File:Wiley Post gravestone.jpg|thumb|The gravestone of Post]]

In 1936, the [[Smithsonian Institution]] acquired the ''Winnie Mae'' from Post's widow for $25,000. Two monuments at the [[Rogers-Post Site|crash site]] commemorate the death of him and Will Rogers and are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Rogers-Post|url=https://www.nps.gov/articles/rogers-post-site.htm |website=Aviation: From Sand Dunes to Sonic Booms |publisher=U.S. National Park Service |access-date=March 9, 2020 |language=en |date=September 3, 2017}}</ref> The nearby [[Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport]] located in [[Utqiagvik, Alaska]] bears their names.

[[Wiley Post Airport]], a large FAA designated [[reliever airport]] in Oklahoma City, is named after Post. [[Will Rogers World Airport|Oklahoma City's major commercial airport]] is named after Will Rogers, so that both victims of the crash are honored by airports in [[Oklahoma City]].  The [[Will Rogers – Wiley Post Memorial Seaplane Base]] is a [[seaplane]] base located on Lake Washington, at the north end of the [[Renton Municipal Airport]] in [[Renton, Washington]].

The U.S. [[Army Air Forces]], later the [[United States Air Force]], named a street after Post on the former Maywood Army Air Forces Specialized Storage Depot, later [[Cheli Air Force Station]]. No longer owned by the federal government, Wiley Post Road remains, connecting Bandini Boulevard and Lindbergh Lane in [[Bell, California]].

Post received the [[Distinguished Flying Cross (USA)|Distinguished Flying Cross]] (1932), the Gold Medal of Belgium (1934), and the [[Harmon Trophy|International Harmon Trophy]] (1934). In 1969, he was enshrined in the [[National Aviation Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Wiley Post: Dare Devil |url=http://nationalaviation.blade6.donet.com/components/content_manager_v02/view_nahf/htdocs/menu_ps.asp?NodeID=-244570675&group_ID=1134656385&Parent_ID=-1 |website=National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF) |access-date=April 3, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081005084943/http://nationalaviation.blade6.donet.com/components/content_manager_v02/view_nahf/htdocs/menu_ps.asp?NodeID=-244570675&group_ID=1134656385&Parent_ID=-1 |archive-date=October 5, 2008 |location=Dayton, OH |date=2006}}</ref> On December 17, 1970, he was inducted into the First Flight Society's First Flight Shrine, located at the [[Wright Brothers National Memorial]].

In 1997, Post was inducted into the [[International Air & Space Hall of Fame]] at the [[San Diego Air & Space Museum]].<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Sprekelmeyer |editor1-first=Linda |title=These we honor: the International Aerospace Hall of Fame |date=2006 |publisher=Donning Co. Publishers |isbn=978-1-57864-397-4}}</ref>

In 1979, the [[United States Postal Service]] honored Post with two [[airmail]] [[Postage stamp|stamps]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Horwitz |first1=Ed |title=Wiley Post remembered as aviation pioneer |work=Stamps |date=1995|issn=0038-9358}}</ref>

In 2004, Post was inducted posthumously into the [[Oklahoma Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Post, Wiley {{!}} 2004 |url=https://oklahomahof.com/member-archives/p/post-wiley-2004 |website=Oklahoma Hall of Fame |access-date=March 9, 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

For many years, The Wiley Post Commission, based in Oklahoma City, presented the annual Wiley Post Spirit Award to "an individual in general aviation who best exemplifies the innovative and pioneering spirit of Wiley Post".<ref>{{cite news |title=Wiley Post Spirit Award presented to international aviator for the first time |url=http://generalaviationnews.com/2007/01/05/wiley-post-spirit-award-presented-to-international-aviator-for-first-time/ |access-date=April 10, 2015 |work=General Aviation News |date=January 5, 2007}}</ref>