Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Likely related to the article, "POST PLANS NEW FLIGHT TO NEW YORK: Pilot Lands Ship in Arizona Intrepid Aviator Undaunted; Craft Reaches Altitude of 24,000 Feet Quickly POST WILL TRY FLIGHT AGAIN," Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 1935: 1 Similar photographs of the Wiley Post's airplane, Winnie Mae, in Muroc Dry Lake appear in the photo spread titled, "Wiley Post, Forced Down on Continental Stratosphere Flight, Escapes Unhurt," Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 1934: 14 On the bed of Muroc Dry Lake, Wiley Post's airplane, the Winnie Mae rests. It is viewed from its nose and stretches back towards the left. The plane's propeller is positioned horizontally to the ground. A man stands to the left of the nose and runs his hand over the left propeller blade. The end of the left blade is damaged. People gather around a car is the distance at right. Text from negative sleeve: Post, Wiley [handwritten:] X
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_7219 ark:/21198/zz002cxkj7
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Airplanes--American--California--Muroc Dry Lake Transcontinental flights Airplane propellers Airplanes--Landing Post, Wiley, 1898-1935 Winnie Mae (Airplane)
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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