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Great Historical Themed pic Rick

Wiley Post and Will Rogers were killed attemping take off near Point Barrow, Alaska with an engine outage

Wiley Post and Will Rogers were not killed in an aircraft like this one. It was an aircraft pieced together from 2 different Lockheed planes. Here is an article about their crash.
https://www.thoughtco.com/wiley-post-will-rogers-plane-crash-1779288

Howard DGA6 built for pionner race"named MIster MUlligan" in the purpose to win the Bendix trophy. Developped by Ben Howard and Gordon Israel. He became Engineer in Grumman CompyCorp.
Im not that smart oit's in Wikipedia. Just for info.

Airworthy replica of the sole 1934-built Howard DGA-6 racing cabin monoplane which won the 1935 Bendix trophy. It was damaged beyond repair in a forced landing during the 1936 race. The replica, powered by a P&W R1340, was built in 1985 by R. Younkin and is painted to closely represent the original.

10 stars

Benny Howard's finest! DGA = damned good airplane!

Nice picture!

look at the wing, glide ratio of a manhole cover! A pretty bird and photo though!

Another lovely old plane. They are worth preserving.