Wiley Post and Gatty in July 1931 at Boston Airport
Born
(1903-01-05)5 January 1903
Campbell Town, Tasmania
Died
30 August 1957(1957-08-30) (aged 54)
Fiji
Occupation
navigator
Known for
Wiley Post's navigator on circumnavigation flight (1931)
Harold Charles Gatty (5 January 1903 – 30 August 1957) was an Australian navigator and aviation pioneer. Charles Lindbergh called Gatty the "Prince of Navigators."[1][2] In 1931, Gatty served as navigator, along with pilot Wiley Post, on the flight which set the record for aerial circumnavigation of the world, flying a distance of 15,747 miles (24,903 km) in a Lockheed Vega named the Winnie Mae, in 8 days, 15 hours and 51 minutes.
^Harold Gatty: Aerial Navigation Expert
^Gywnn-Jones, Terry, Harold Gatty, Aviation Navigation Expert, Aviation History (September 2001)
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