Wiley Post Climbing into the Winnie Mae with his Pressure Suit
Wiley Post made several prototype pressure suits during his high-altitude flight experiments in 1934-35. Wiley Post is seen here wearing his third pressure suit, using a ladder to climb into the Winnie Mae before making a transcontinental flight attempt in 1935.”
ID#:
NASM A-32382-A
Source:
National Air and Space Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution