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

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

2-839-559 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

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.

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Creator
  1. Western Wireless, attributed to: American: Maker, manufacturer
People Related
  1. Amelia Earhart: American: Aviator, pilot, pioneer, author, writer
Medium
  1. Metal, phenolic, and glass
Picture Type
  1. Avionics-communication
  2. Object
Category Hierarchy

Science & Nature Technology & Innovation

Trade & Industry Communications

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 6964x5369
File Size : 109,541kb

Aliases

  1. A19500109000
  1. NASM-A19500109000_PS01.txt
  1. 0990010143
  1. 2-839-559
  1. 2839559
  1. A19500109000
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