1933 (Jul 15) Wiley Post Round the World Flight from US to the East, legal sized "A. Wittnauer Co. Watches" envelope with imprint at top left and 'LONGINES' advertisement on the back, franked with 8c Airmail stamp on Jul 15 in New York and additionally franked with 8c on Aug. 3), addressed to J. P. V. Heinmuller c/o National Aeronaut Association in Washington D.C., signed by the pilot at lower left, very fine, one of very few covers accompanied on this flight which was successful in creating a new record for flying solo around the world (15,596 miles in 7 days, 18 hours, and 49½ minutes) which went unbeaten for five years, one of the key items of USA airmails.
Note: The American pilot succeeded the first solo flight around the world in his Lockheed Vega 5B “Winnie Mae” airplane and became the first person to circumnavigate Earth
twice. He flew solo around the world, a distance of 15,596 miles in seven days, breaking the Speed record of 15,596 miles in 186h and 49.5’ (115h and 36.5’ in the air). The route was: New York - Berlin- Moscow - Irkutsk - Rukhlova Khabarovsk - Flat, Alaska (where he was forced down) - Fairbanks - Edmonton - New York. AAMC TO1183.
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