Will Rogers: ambassador of good will, prince of wit and wisdom (1935)

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Record Details:

Title:
Will Rogers: ambassador of good will, prince of wit and wisdom
Date:
1935
Publisher:
Chicago : The John C. Winston Company
Volume:
Will Rogers: ambassador of good will, prince of wit and wisdom
Leaf #:
000246
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Motion pictures--Biography
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
September 26, 2024
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224 WILL ROGERS down in Lafayette, Indiana; a third time in Cleveland, and the last time at Wichita, Kansas, on June 15, 1935. His plane, Winnie Mae, was about worn out and ready to retire. Returning to California, he ordered the plane in which he so suddenly met death. He planned a vacation in a leisurely jaunt backward over his route from Moscow. He planned to stop off in Alaska, fly out over Kamchatka to Siberia, and revisit some of the people who had aided him on his two former globe-circling flights. Post received the Distinguished Flying Cross in 1932 by Act of Congress, received the Collier Trophy for the outstanding feat in aviation that year, won the Gold Medal of Belgium and a $700 prize founded by the late King Albert in 1934, and the Harmon Trophy of the Federation Aeronautique Internationale, of Paris, the same year. He also held the F. A. I. International Gold Medal. crosson's sad journey home The sad duty of bringing back the bodies of Will Rogers and Wiley Post to civilization fell upon Joe Crosson, noted pilot of the Arctic and the one flier best qualified for the task. Post and Crosson were good friends. They met when Crosson flew to aid Post on his solo, globe-girdling flight after the latter had damaged a propeller. At that time, Crosson brought Post a new propeller and the around-the-world flier was able to go on and set a record. Before the northward flight, Post recalled Crosson's help and said, "Oh, Joe will help us out."