Editing Flat, Alaska (section)

===Wiley Post 1933 airplane crash===
In July 1933, pioneering aviator [[Wiley Post]] undertook the first solo flight around the world. On July 20, en route to Fairbanks from a stop in Khabarovsk, Siberia, Post nosed over his high-wing, single-engine [[Lockheed Vega]], the ''[[Winnie Mae]]'', in Flat. Local residents helped him right the aircraft. The only damage was a broken propeller. A replacement propeller was brought to Flat by pioneer Alaska flier Joe Crosson and the airplane was repaired by [[John Miscovich]].  Post continued to Fairbanks, then on to Edmonton and New York, completing his solo flight around the world in under 8 days.<ref>{{cite web|title=Wiley Post crash at Flat, Alaska, July 20, 1933|url=http://www.explorenorth.com/library/aviation/wiley_post-1933crash.html|publisher=ExploreNorth.com|access-date=May 8, 2014}} (Includes photograph)</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/newsminer/obituary.aspx?pid=172384547| title = John Miscovich Obituary (1918 - 2014) - Fairbanks, AK - Daily News-Miner}}</ref> 50 years later, Miscovich constructed a monument  to commemorate Post's first solo flight around the world.