National Air and Space Museum Archives

Wiley Post Autographed Photo

Summary

Collection ID:
NASM.2018.0001
Dates:
1933
Languages:
English
.
Physical Description:
0.05 Cubic feet
(1 folder)
Repository:
This collection consists of an 8 by 10 inch black and white photograph of Wiley Hardeman Post posed beside the Lockheed Model 5B Vega
Winnie Mae
(NR105W).

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
This collection consists of an 8 by 10 inch black and white photograph of Wiley Hardeman Post posed beside the Lockheed Model 5B Vega
Winnie Mae
(NR105W). In the top right corner, an inscription is printed in the image which reads, "Around the World Solo Flight, 7 days 18 hours 49 mins, Wiley Post, 7/22/33." The print is also autographed in black ink "To Fred Bailey From Wiley Post."

Arrangement

Arrangement
This collection is in original order.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Wiley Hardeman Post (1898-1935) was an American aviator famed for several record flights, including the first solo flight around the world. Post won the 1930 Bendix Race flying in F. C. Hall's Lockheed Model 5B Vega
Winnie Mae
(NR105W), and the following year Post, along with Harold Gatty, circumnavigated the world in the
Winnie Mae
. After this historic first, Post bought the
Winnie Mae
from Hall and flew the same course alone in 1933.

Administration

Author
Jessamyn Lloyd
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Christine Gabler, Gift, 2017
Processing Information
Arranged, described, and encoded by Jessamyn Lloyd, 2018.

Digital Content


Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access.
Conditions Governing Use
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Preferred Citation
Wiley Post Autographed Photo, NASM.2018.0001, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

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