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Harold Charles Gatty (5 January 1903 – 30 August 1957) was an Australian navigator and aviation pioneer. Charles Lindbergh called Gatty the "Prince of Navigators."
Described by Charles Lindbergh as the “Prince of Navigators,” Harold Gatty was one of the first professional air navigators in the United States. Wiley Post, with Harold Gatty as navigator, circled the world in 1931, shattering previous records.
Harold Charles Gatty (1903-1957), air navigator, naturalist, adventurer and writer, was born on 5 January 1903 at Campbell Town, Tasmania, son of James Gatty, schoolteacher, and his wife Lucy Fitzjohn, née Hall.
One of the first professional air navigators, Harold Gatty instructed such aeronautical elites as Anne Morrow Lindbergh in air navigation and invented new equipment. He developed the Gatty drift indicator for use in aircraft.
Wiley Post and Harold Gatty flew around the world in record time using new navigational innovations. Wiley Post, with Harold Gatty as navigator, circled the world in 1931, shattering previous records.
Jan 5, 2021 · Air navigator and aviation pioneer Harold Gatty was born in Campbell Town in the Australian state of Tasmania. Gatty’s navigational career began in earnest when he withdrew from the Royal Australian Naval College in 1920 to serve as an apprenticed ship’s officer with the Sydney-based Patrick Steamship Company.
Post, accompanied by navigator Harold Gatty, made his first around-the-world flight from June 23 to July 1, 1931, in a Lockheed Vega named Winnie Mae (now part of the Smithsonian Institution’s collection), completing the voyage in 8 days, 15 hours, 51 minutes; later that year their account of the…
Jun 12, 2006 · A groundbreaker in aerial navigation, Australian Harold Gatty flew with and worked for many of the great names of aviation's golden age. by HistoryNet Staff 6/12/2006. Share This Article.
The monument commemorates Harold Gatty (1903 - 1957), aviator and navigator for Wiley Post on the first round the world flight. Harold Gatty was born in Campbell Town and his assistance was sought by the one-eyed stuntman, oil rigger and air adventurer, Wiley Post, to fly around the world.
Harold Gatty – International Aviator: the Richmond Village and Cambridge Aerodrome connection, Tasmania 1931-39. Peter MacFie and Bruce Brown, in Coal River Valley Historical Society Inc. Journal, No. 2, March 2003
