Your article on Wiley Post’s fatal crash in Alaska [Spring 2023] really resonated with me. I’ve been researching the history of Quincy, Illinois’ airports. Their most famous day at the now-closed Monroe Airport was September 21, 1933, the day Wiley Post nearly totaled his beloved on takeoff. The scenario was eerily similar—loss of power shortly after takeoff with no chance to recover. This time he
