Names: Post, Wiley, 1898-1935 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Wiley Post standing in middle wearing eye patch talking to group of six. One man to his left wearing a Lockheed Electra shirt, Lockheed produced many planes in the 1930s. The words "NC 14246" are visible on the tail of the plane.
Date:: [circa 1934]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: 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
Date:: [circa February 22, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: 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
Date:: [circa February 22, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description:: Wiley Post was the first man to fly solo around the world and died when he crashed his plane in Alaska with Will Rogers.
Date:: [circa 1934]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: View of the flag flown at half-mast in front of Los Angeles City Hall following the death of Will Rogers and Wiley Post.
Date:: August 16, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: From left to right, Phillips Petroleum Corporation pilot, Billy Parker, and Wiley Post pose upon arrival at Union Air Terminal in Burbank. Billy Parker dons a printed suit and holds a hat by his side. Wiley Post also sports a suit and wears an eye patch. Behind them, the fuselage of an airplane stretches across the image. At center, markings on the plane read, "Phillips 77 AVIATION," "[...]TROLE[U...]," and "[...]SVILLE OKL[...]." A hangar stands in the background along the right edge.
Date:: [circa December 8, 1934]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description:: Photograph appears with the article, "Post Calls Stratosphere Passenger Flying "Dream"," Los Angeles Times, 03 Jan 1935: A1.
Date:: [circa January 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Portrait of engineer Tom Ward and pilot Joe Crosson in the Pacific Automotive Corp hangar at the Union Air Terminal after arriving in a plane transporting the bodies of Will Rogers and Wiley Post. Crosson brought the bodies of Rogers and Post out of the wilds of Alaska to Seattle.
Date:: August 19, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: View of the flag flown at half-mast in front of Los Angeles City Hall following the death of Will Rogers and Wiley Post.
Date:: August 16, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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