Comments on: Will Rogers and Wiley Post May Have Died From a Lack of Patience http://symonsez.wordpress.com/2010/08/15/will-rogers-and-wiley-post-may-have-died-from-a-lack-of-patience/ Bob Symon Talks About Weather, History and Anything Else that Suits His Fancy Wed, 13 Mar 2013 09:19:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: symonsez http://symonsez.wordpress.com/2010/08/15/will-rogers-and-wiley-post-may-have-died-from-a-lack-of-patience/#comment-8970 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 23:38:09 +0000 http://symonsez.wordpress.com/?p=11106#comment-8970 I have a bad habit of posting without reviewing, so good catch on the lousy typing and thanks for not pointing out that the grammar could probably use some work too. Thanx for stopping by.

]]> By: Steve Davis http://symonsez.wordpress.com/2010/08/15/will-rogers-and-wiley-post-may-have-died-from-a-lack-of-patience/#comment-8969 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 05:16:35 +0000 http://symonsez.wordpress.com/?p=11106#comment-8969 Nice article, with spelling errors. What actually happened, mechanically, is the patchwork plane that Post built for the trip, had NEVER actually been tested before the flight. After departure from Seattle, the plane was fully refueled at every stop. Barrow, being the only stop where they did not fuel the plane. When Post took off, in more or less the style of the old barnstormers, giving the natives on the ground a rare show of what an airplane could do, the engine, sucked air, as the fuel sloshed around, and there was not sufficient altitude to overcome the resulting stall. Sure was and is a shame. Will was a great statesman and actor. Treat yourself to one of his films, now available on DVD.
We Oklahomans, who are descended from the original homesteaders in what was once Indian Territory, are sure enough proud of the fine State it has become.

]]> By: Richard Dohoney http://symonsez.wordpress.com/2010/08/15/will-rogers-and-wiley-post-may-have-died-from-a-lack-of-patience/#comment-8815 Thu, 26 Jul 2012 21:46:29 +0000 http://symonsez.wordpress.com/?p=11106#comment-8815 Richie

Will Rogers spent the night before his fatal crash at a 16th birthday party for my mother Minnie Motschman Dohoney in their home in Fairbanks. He was invited to the party after helping my mother and her sister Jessie carry groceries that they had dropped, when he came to help them. A true gentleman to the end.

]]> By: symonsez http://symonsez.wordpress.com/2010/08/15/will-rogers-and-wiley-post-may-have-died-from-a-lack-of-patience/#comment-7094 Mon, 16 Aug 2010 19:04:07 +0000 http://symonsez.wordpress.com/?p=11106#comment-7094 Brilliant analysis, though no one today or back then seem to have all of the facts so it’s really hard to say. As usual, you’re probably pretty close to the mark.

]]> By: Eric http://symonsez.wordpress.com/2010/08/15/will-rogers-and-wiley-post-may-have-died-from-a-lack-of-patience/#comment-7092 Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:56:49 +0000 http://symonsez.wordpress.com/?p=11106#comment-7092 Probably lack of patience coupled with Post’s overconfidence in his ability to compensate for the unwieldy pontoons lead to the crash. They made it to Barrow so I doubt that the pontoons alone were the cause. My guess is that the lake that they landed on in Barrow did afford a very long “runway” so the plane stalled because they didn’t have enough room to get going. The pontoons contributed no doubt to that, I would think.

]]> By: symonsez http://symonsez.wordpress.com/2010/08/15/will-rogers-and-wiley-post-may-have-died-from-a-lack-of-patience/#comment-7090 Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:17:12 +0000 http://symonsez.wordpress.com/?p=11106#comment-7090 If Americans have any sense of history, then they are not very proud of the Indian Territory. As you know, I’m sure, it was the name of that part of North America at that time and I”m sure that you know the history of why.

]]> By: Irshad http://symonsez.wordpress.com/2010/08/15/will-rogers-and-wiley-post-may-have-died-from-a-lack-of-patience/#comment-7089 Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:02:41 +0000 http://symonsez.wordpress.com/?p=11106#comment-7089 Nice History of “Will Rogers”. Since he was born in Indian Territory, Indians must be very proud of him.

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