Image / Wiley Post and his plane, Los Angeles, circa 1934

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Title: Wiley Post and his plane, Los Angeles, circa 1934
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa 1934]
1934
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Wiley Post was the first man to fly solo around the world and died when he crashed his plane in Alaska with Will Rogers.
Post, wearing eye patch, poses with his plane "Winnie Mae". Full name is "The Winnie Mae of Oklahoma", where Post was from. On the plane are some of his flight records: "Los Angeles to Chicago-9 Hrs 9 Min 4 Sec-Aug 27, 1930--Around the World 7 days 18 Hrs 49 Min-July 15 to July 22-1933
Text from negative sleeve: Post, Wiley [handwritten:] X
Photographic label: Post's Winnie Mae
Handwritten on negative: 9-950
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_7218
ark:/21198/zz002cxkhq
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Air pilots--American
Airplanes--American
Post, Wiley, 1898-1935
Source: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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