“Maggie”
Image:
Short Caption:
Each world flier crew adopted a stuffed spider monkey as a mascot for their airplane.
Description:
At a reception in Los Angeles before the world flight, a hotel manager took eight stuffed monkeys down from some imitation palm trees and gave them to the fliers for mascots. He promised to pay each pilot $50 for each monkey safely returned.
Leigh Wade carried “Maggie” aboard the Boston.
Credit:
Photo by Eric Long, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM 2011-00582).
Accession Number:
A19880404000
Photo Number:
NASM 2011-00582
Full Size Image:
Date:
2011
Media Type:
Artifact
Topic:
