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Cover flown by Wiley Post on his four attempts to make high altitude non-stop flights from Los Angeles to New York between February 22 and June 15, 1935 (The Cooper Collections)

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• The first attempt on February 22 ended just 57.5 miles East of Los Angeles at Muroc, CA. This was was followed by attempts on March 15 (Cleveland, OH; 2,035 miles), April 14 (Lafayette, IN; 1,760 miles), and June 15 (Wichita, KS; 1,188 miles).

• When Post was killed on August 15, 1935, thus ending the possibility of any more attempts to complete the AM-2 stratosphere flight, the covers were finally cancelled in Los Angeles on August 20, 1935, and forwarded to their addressees.

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