title: Wiley Post, around the world with no stereopsis.
abstract: In 1933, famed aviator Wiley Post (1898-1935) was the first pilot to fly around the world solo. In addition, during one of his many stratospheric flights, he discovered the jet stream. What makes his accomplishments even more remarkable is that he did this monocularly, having lost his left eye from traumatic endophthalmitis following an oil rig accident. He underwent a period of self-imposed visual training to maximize his depth perception, and then accomplished what no one had before.
authors.affiliation: Dean McGee Eye Institute, University of Oklahoma Department of Ophthalmology, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Electronic address: yasser-elshatory@dmei.org.
authors.forename: Yasser M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Elshatory
authors.affiliation: Dean McGee Eye Institute, University of Oklahoma Department of Ophthalmology, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
authors.forename: R Michael
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Siatkowski
mesh_terms: D000221:Adaptation, Ocular; D001359:Aviation / Q000266:history*; D003867:Depth Perception; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000266:history*; D010468:Perceptual Disorders / Q000266:history*; D014481:United States; D015349:Vision, Monocular
keywords: aerospace medicine; binocular vision; history of ophthalmology; monocular depth perception; stereopsis; traumatic endophthalmitis; visual adaptation