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Compass, Aperiodic, Wiley Post crash, ca. 1930s Creator: E. S. Ritchie & Sons Inc..

Compass, Aperiodic, Wiley Post crash, ca. 1930s Creator: E. S. Ritchie & Sons Inc..

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From last plane flown by Wiley Post. In 1935 Wiley Post scavenged this aperiodic compass from the older Winnie Mae for use on his new plane, a Lockheed Orion. Post lost his life when the airplane crashed. The compass was recovered during the investigation.

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Creator
  1. E. S. Ritchie & Sons Inc., attributed to: {}: Maker, manufacturerSearch Wikipedia for E. S. Ritchie & Sons Inc.
People Related
  1. Wiley Post: American: aviatorSearch Wikipedia for Wiley Post
Medium
  1. Metal, and glass
Picture Type
  1. Instruments-navigational
  2. Object
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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 5616x3744
File Size : 61,601kb

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  1. A19370025000
  1. NASM-NASM2012-02195.txt
  1. 0990010586
  1. 2-840-002
  1. 2840002
  1. A19370025000
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