Will Rogers and Wiley Post beside their airplane, Renton Field, August 1935

• Main Author: Staff Photographer Seattle Post-Intelligencer
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Celebrities > Washington (State) > Renton; Entertainers > Washington (State) > Renton; Air pilots > Washington (State) > Renton; Airplanes > Washington (State) > Renton; Eye patches > Washington (State) > Renton; Post; Wiley; 1898-1935 Rogers; Will; 1879-1935; Orion; Barrow; Point Barrow; Alaska; Siberia
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/1765

Humorist Will Rogers and aviation pioneer Wiley Post pose at Renton Field shortly before leaving on August 7, 1935 on their ill-fated journey. The two men planned to explore a new route to Europe over Alaska and Siberia in the modified Lockheed Orion-Explorer. Northwest Air Service in Renton install...