Joe Crosson

1903	Born in Minneapolis, Kansas on June 29
1923	First solo flight
1926	Arrived in Fairbanks to fly for the Fairbanks Airplane Company
1927	Participated as a pilot in the Wilkins Polar Expedition
1928	First to fly over the southern polar continent
1929	Lead the search and found the Eielson crash site
1931	Delivered 280,000 units of Diptheria serum to the Arctic Coast saving the villages from the plague
1932	Made the first landing on Mt. McKinley
1933	Helped Wiley Post complete the first solo flight around the world
1934	Flew to Siberia to help launch the first around the world airmail flight
1935	Flew to Barrow with Rob Gleason to retrieve the bodies of Wiley Post and Will Rogers
1949	Died suddenly in Seattle at the age of 45