Winning first place in the men's non-stop cross-country derby securing a cash prize of $7,500 and setting a record time of 9 hours, 9 minutes, and 4 seconds; an achievement which was painted on the plane's fuselage.

[5][6] On June 23rd, 1931, Wiley Post along with Australian aviator Harold Gatty acting as navigator departed New York in an attempt to beat the record for the fastest around-the-world flight.

[1] On July 8th, 1931, Wiley Post competed in the National Air Races again with the Winnie Mae, being beaten by Jimmy Dolittle in a Laird Super Solution.

The aircraft's wheels sank into the soft ground causing the plane to nose over, damaging its propeller, engine cowling, and right landing gear strut.

[1] On December 7th, 1934, Post flew the Winnie Mae to an estimated fifty thousand feet above Bartlesville, Oklahoma, unofficially setting the flight altitude record for a fixed-wing aircraft.

[2] After four failed attempts, Post settled for the Burbank, California, to Cleveland, Ohio, route, which he completed on March 15, 1935, covering the 2,035 miles in the stratosphere in 7 hours, 19 minutes at an impressive 340 MPH (547 KPH).