Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. 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 At center, Wiley Post's airplane, the Winnie Mae, rests on the bed of Muroc Dry Lake. It made an emergency landing on the lake bed during a transcontinental flight attempt. The Winnie Mae sits on its fuselage and faces back towards the left. Ahead of the plane's nose, at far left, several spectators gather. Cars are parked on the desert floor behind them. In the distance at right, another airplane sits on the lake bed. 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 Text from negative sleeve: Post, Wiley [handwritten:] X
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_7220 ark:/21198/zz002cxkkr
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Transcontinental flights Airplanes--Landing Airplanes--American--California--Muroc Dry Lake Post, Wiley, 1898-1935 Winnie Mae (Airplane)
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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