Receiver, Western Wireless, Type 7, Earhart, 1935 Pacific Flight

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.