Compass, Aperiodic, Wiley Post Crash
name: label: Manufacturer
content: E. S. Ritchie & Sons Inc.
notes: label: Physical Description
content: From last plane flown by Wiley Post
label: Summary
content: 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.
place: label: Country of Origin
content: United States of America
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Air and Space Museum Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Wiley Post
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Air and Space Museum
identifier: label: Inventory Number
content: A19370025000
objectType: label: Type
content: INSTRUMENTS-Navigational
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Materials
content: Metal, glass
label: Dimensions
content: 3-D: 11.4 x 18.5cm, 3.7kg (4 1/2 x 7 5/16 in., 8 3/16lb.)