Title from verso. "Wilkins' Expedition. Reproduced by Jerome Lardy." The markings on the side of the ski plane read: "Detroit News Wilkins Expedition" and "Stinson Detroiter". See UAF-1991-98-427 for more information.
8 second film clip, black & white/silent. From title frame: "Alaska Review Collection (Alaska Review #11, 1978)". Film shows a Stinson Trimotor A turning around.
Title from indexer. Photograph shows Detroit News-Wilkins Arctic Expedition pilot Alger Graham by tail of Stinson Detroiter during 1927.. Original size is: 3.25 in. x 5.25 in.
The George King Collection describes in photographs and manuscript material early aviation in Alaska. There are two series in this collection. The first series consists of five photograph albums and two folders of loose photographs. The second...
The George King Collection describes in photographs and manuscript material early aviation in Alaska. There are two series in this collection. The first series consists of five photograph albums and two folders of loose photographs. The second...
Ransom Tony Schultz (Tony) came to Alaska in 1938. That same year he bought his first plane and obtained his pilot's license. He began flying for Star Airlines (later Alaska Airlines) in 1940, and in 1950, was chosen as their first chief bush...
41 second, color/silent film clip. From title frame: "Dickson Collection". Film shows men working with various airplanes, including a Mirow Air Service Gullwing Stinson at Nome. All aircraft N-Numbers are too faint to read.
Title by indexer. Verso reads: "AC [Acritc Commercial Co.?] 78 - [illegible] Stinson. Stinson - L - 5. Seattle - Boeing [field]. Start flight [SEA] - FAI Dec 1946. Reproduced by Jerome Lardy. Kay j. Kennedy P. O. Box 80805 Fairbanks, AK 99708."
Title taken from verso. View of pilot Noel Wien standing next to Stinson Detroiter at Candle, Alaska, with snow packed onto engine from wind storm. Also from verso: "The motor cover had just been removed. 35 mph wind blew snow under & through...
Map annotated by George Hubert Wilkins with flight paths and notes for expeditions including the 1927 Stinson biplane mishap that forced Wilkins and Eielson to walk across the ice to Beechey Point, the Wilkins-Eielson 1928 route, the Wilkins Flying...
Title from indexer. Photograph shows an airplane that reads "Wien Alaska Airways of Nome" sitting with skis on snow. The plane is a Stinson Detroiter. Original size is 5.5 in. x 3.5 in.