Vintage matte-finish 9.5 x 7.5 promotional photo of Post posing with his Winnie Mae aircraft, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To B. G. Hines, with best wishes, from Wiley Post, 10/20/33.” The upper portion bears a printed facsimile signature. Cloth-matted and framed to an overall size of 14.5 x 12.5. In fine condition. In October 1926, Post was badly injured in an oil rig accident when a piece of metal pierced his left eye. An infection permanently blinded him in that eye, and he typically wore an eyepatch thereafter. Post and the Winnie Mae, a special Lockheed Model 5C Vega, completed two around-the-world record flights and a series of special high-altitude substratospheric research flights. It was named for the daughter of its original owner, F. C. Hall, who hired Post to pilot the plane.
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