Evening Star Newspaper, July 12, 1931, Page 88

THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON. D. C—GRAVURE SECTION—JULY 12, 1631 Wiley Post and Harold Gatty, who flew around the world in Harold Gatty waving to the record time of less than nine days, were greeted at the White the crowd along Pennsyl- House by President Hoover as luncheon guests last Monday. vania avenue as he and Left to right, front row: F. C. Hall, backer of the flight; Wiley Wiley Post were cheered Post, President Hoover and Harold Gatty. In the back row mem- on their way from Union bers of the cabinet are seen with Senator Bingham (second from Station to the White right), president of the National Aeronautic Association. House. OStar Staff Photo ©Underwood & Underwood At the banquet given Post and Gatty here by the National Aeronautic Association and the Washington Board of Trade. Left to right: Mrs. Wiley Post, Vice President Curtis, Post, Senator Bingham, Gatty, President Offutt of the Board of Trade apd Mrs. Gatty. ©Wide World Photos. . i ! '] v (sI1-1e) LA L Lot b mahh O 1] = ) 3 At the end of their great flight around the world. Wiley Post (left) and Harold Gatty were two weary, travel-stained airmen when they reached their hotel after escaping the wild crowd that greeted them on their arrival at Roosevelt Field, New York. OAssociated Press Photo. Post and Gatty waving to the crowds through a maze of ticker tape on their triumphal ride up Broadway to City Hall to receive New York’s official greeting from Mayor Walker. ©Wide World Photos. The day after the end of the flight. Left Harold Gatty obliges with a to right: Harold Gat- souvenir autograph. The re- ty, Mrs. Gatty, Mrs. . S cipient is a fellow flyer at Post and Wiley Post « ] 3 E ) . - Roosevelt Field, New York, in their New York ? : . b . The last stop before Roosevelt Field. Crowds surround- starting and finishing point of hotel, ©Wide World Photos, # - = : % ing the globe-circlirng plane Winnie Mae when it landed at the the world flight. o - ; Cleveland Airport for refueling. Wiley Post is litfix‘on top ©Wide World Photos. { 2 : of the plane. ©Wide World Photos.