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.
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
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
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.
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.