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Artifact
This aperiodic compass salvaged from Wiley Post's 1935 fatal crash had previously flown in the Winnie Mae.
Illustration
Line drawing of the prototype Gatty drift meter.
Photograph
Developed navigation tools, trained distance fliers in air navigation, and advised the Army Air Corps
Photograph
Harold Gatty instructs an Air Corps officer in the use of the drift indicator he invented.
Photograph
Presented by President Herbert Hoover at the White House on August 18, 1932.
Photograph
Navigator for 1931 Wiley Post around-the-world record flight in Lockheed Vega V-C "Winnie Mae"
Artifact
Early 1930s military version of the Gatty Drift Indicator.
Artifact
Harold Gatty designed this drift indicator in 1930 and used it on his 1931 around-the-world flight with Wiley Post in the Winnie Mae.
Photograph
Wiley Post extensively modified the Winnie Mae for his 1931 around-the-world flight with Harold Gatty.
