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...
Title taken from caption. View of Civil Aeronautics Administration, Pacific Northern Airlines, and Cordova Airlines in Cordova, Alaska. Signs on building read: "Pacific Northern Airlines," "Cordova Alaska," and "Cordova Airlines." 1953-1959....
62 second, color and black and white, silent film clip. Sequence shows people at the crash site of a Star Airlines Bellanca aircraft. The passengers and crew build a fire and at the end of the clip dog teams arrive.
Title from verso. A close-up shot of a man with closely cropped hair, dressed in suit and tie, head slightly turned towards the camera. He may be an employee of Wien Airlines.
After a message from Marty Wells, Don Everly's daughter, in...
Title by cataloger. In this view of a beach, a large vehicle (Dodge) is parked in the water close to an aircraft (N725E). A man appears to be unloading some items from the plane. The inscription on the plane reads: "Northern Consolidated...
Title taken from verso. View of Wien Consolidated Airlines reservations office and staff, Anchorage, Alaska. Also from verso: "Anchorage." 1968-1969? Original photograph size: 6 3/4" x 10".
Title taken from verso. View of Wien Alaska Airlines Pilatus Porter airplane in front of Wien Alaska Airlines hangar, Fairbanks, Alaska. Printed on airplane: "N2851T." Photographer: Wien Alaska Airlines. Original photograph size: 8" x 10".
View of tourist on giant block of ice at Arctic Ocean, Point Barrow, Alaska. From verso: "Giant ice cakes are thrust up in pressure ridges on the Arctic Ocean off Point Barrow. This photo shows a tourist by one of them. Many visitors this winter...
Title from sleeve. The Cordova airport terminal building, with signs for Pacific Northern Airlines and Cordova Airlines. An automobile and a luggage trailer are parked in the lot in front of the log building. To the left, two moveable staircases...
Title by indexer. A group of men (possibly Western Airlines employees) are standing in front of the Western Airlines building in Homer, Alaska. The man on the far right is Bud Hagberg (possibly a Wien Air Alaska employee). Compare image with...
View of a man on a vehicle pulling an Alaska Airlines float at the Golden Days parade in Fairbanks, Alaska as spectators look on. One woman on the float is dressed as a flight attendant and another is wearing a hula skirt and leis. Wing display on...
View of Northwest Airlines building in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, with vehicles parked in lot in foreground, at right, and on street in background. Elevated sign on building reads: "Northwest Airlines." Sign on building at right reads: "Zales."...
Title taken from verso. Ray Peterson (president of Northern Consolidated Airlines which merged with Wien Alaska Airlines to become Wien Consolidated Airlines) and Jill Martin standing in front of Wien Consolidated Boeing 737 during dedication in...
Title taken from verso. View of Concorde jet during cold weather tests at Wien Consolidated Airlines hangar in Fairbanks, Alaska. Feb. 1974. Photographer: Wien Consolidated Airlines. Original photograph size: 3 1/2" x 5".
Title taken from verso. View of British Airways Concorde jet in front of Wien Consolidated Airlines during cold weather testing in Fairbanks, Alaska. Printed on airplane: "British Airways." Feb. 1974. Photographer: Wien Consolidated Airlines....
Title taken from verso. View of Wien Consolidated Airlines' first Boeing 737 in flight. Printed on airplane: "N4907." 1968-1972. Photographer: Wien Consolidated Airlines. Original photograph size: 6 3/4" x 10".
View of building housing Wien Alaska Airlines offices in Tanana, Alaska, with sign in front of building. Sign reads: "Wien Alaska Airlines welcomes you to Tanana on the Yukon. This is another of the many fine Wien facilities to serve you....
View of man standing in front of Wien Alaska Airlines tour bus in Barrow, Alaska. Lettering on bus reads: "Wien Alaska Airlines." From verso: "37 passenger tour bus - G[eneral] M[otors] C[orporation] 6x6. Built by our tour dept. at Fai[rbanks] &...
Title taken from verso. Airline pilots and others outside Wien Alaska Airlines lodge in Bettles, Alaska, with laundry on line at left and fuel storage tank at right. Sign on building reads: "Wien Alaska Airlines." Sign on bench reads: "Courtesy of...
Title taken from verso. View of Alaska airlines freight division cargo plane delivering supplies to Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction camp during construction near Tonsina River in Southcentral Alaska. Also from verso: "Tonsina." Printing on...