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Western Wireless Receiver, Type 7, Ser. No. 141. 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. Receiver, Western Wireless, Type 7, Earhart, 1935 Pacific Flight, 1930-1934. Creator: Western Wireless. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/HERITAGE ART)