Sujet

Receiver, Western Wireless, Type 7, Earhart, 1935 Pacific Flight, 1930-1934. Creator: Western Wireless.

Légende

Western Wireless Receiver, Type 7, Ser. No. 141. Amelia Earhart used this Western Wireless Type 7 radio receiver on her 1935 solo, nonstop flight from Hawaii to Oakland in her Lockheed 5C Vega. It was donated to the museum by Paul Mantz, a well-known movie and racing pilot and a personal friend of Earhart. Mantz served as Earhart's technical advisor for her Honolulu to Oakland and Mexico City to Newark flights, and for early preparations for her 1937 world flight.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21A88_028

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

107,0Mo (15,4Mo) / 59,0cm x 45,5cm / 6964 x 5369 (300dpi)

Mots clés

technology communication communications education country flight color location century first thirties solo aviation concept radio United States of America Colour Smithsonian Institution 1930s National Air and Space Museum Educational Institution 20th century air and space museum radio receiver American America USA scientific institution object united states Amelia Heritage Art NASM Metal phenolic and glass AVIONICS-Communication avionics Western Wireless Western Wireless Corporation Amelia Earhart Earhart Amelia Mary Amelia Mary Earhart Putnam Amelia Earhart Putnam