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Wiley Post and his Winnie Mae

Wiley in front of his Winnie Mae

Wiley Post and Harold Gatty

(above) Wiley Post (left) and his navigator on the around the world flight, Harold Gatty.

Photos from the Alaska Trip with Will Rogers in August 1935

Will Rogers and Wiley Post

(above & below)
The last photos taken on August 15, 1935 in Fairbanks, Alaska.
(below, left to right) Will Rogers, champion sled dog racer
Leonhard Seppala, Wiley Post, and pilot Joe Crosson. 

 

More photos from the Alaska Trip

Lockheed Orion-Explorer, August 1935

(above) Wiley Post observes the fueling of his Lockheed Orion-Explorer. (below) Will Rogers exiting the airplane with Post at the controls.

Wiley Post and Will Rogers.

(above) Wiley Post and Will Rogers during their fateful trip to Alaska. Post never wore a hat.

Will Rogers

Will Rogers
   
Lockheed-Orion 9E(Right) This is the Lockheed-Orion Model 9E Special, NC122823, formerly owned by TWA, that was modified by Wiley Post for his trip to Alaska. Among other modifications, Post replaced the engine with a 550 horsepower type, installed a three-bladed variable pitch propeller, swapped out the wing with one that was six feet longer from a Lockheed-Explorer Model 7 Special, NR101W, that had fixed landing gear, and then replaced the landing gear with floats.