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.
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
Pan Amercian Airways airplane carrying the bodies of Will Rogers and Wiley Post entering the Pacific Automotive Corp hangar at Union Air Terminal. A film crew, photographer, policemen and others watch.
Pan American Airways airplane carrying the bodies of Will Rogers and Wiley Post entering the Pacific Automotive Corp hangar at Union Air Terminal. A photographer, policemen and others watch.
Mourners standing behind a chain lnk fence attending the arrival of the bodies of Will Rogers and Wiley Post at the Pacific Automotive Corp hangar of Union Air Terminal
Two hearses in the Pacific Automotive Corp hangar at the Union Air Terminal ready to receive the bodies of Will Rogers and Wiley Post; 2 drivers or officials stand next to an airplane.
Hearses outside at an airplane hangar carrying the bodies of Will Rogers and pilot Wiley Post after they arrived by plane, with several police men providing security.