(3:32 min.) (03 of 28) 3. Mid-air fire On a shake-down flight over Manhattan, the engine caught fire. George's father turned the controls over to his mother and climbed out of the plane. He sprayed the flames with a fire extinguisher. ...
(4:02 min) (07 of 17) Being a live coward
Single engine planes are dangerous, no back-up. Coastal Geodetic Survey Tigvariak Island. Had to get them to Barter Island--white out cloud cover turned around and went back passenger complained.
(4:46 min.) (11 of 28) 11. Back to the U.S.
Military wanted them to stay and offered George a commission as a 2nd Lieutenant. He wanted to get back home for at least a visit, so he flew back with a cargo of latex rubber. Engine problems...
(5:10 min.) (06 of 08) Repairing the engines and hauling supplies during Vietnam spare parts for repairing engine; engines -- Alaska Steam ships; workshop onboard; replaced cylinder -- in port; Knot Ships -- Vietnam; ran supplies -- Army...
(5:12 min.) (05 of 08) Repairs on the Alaska Run for the Alaska Steam Ship Captain Brastad; lost propeller at sea; Stitt, James -- chief engineer; secure the propeller; steam ship -- towed ship back to Seattle; repair -- cylinder head; stop the...
(5:30 min.) (12 of 28) 12. Next assignment
George drove to Seattle in a car he'd built. In Colorado, the engine caught fire. He made temporary repairs. He had to follow trucks that cut through the snow before him. A woman ran him off the...
(5:54 min.) (16 of 24) 16 Passengers Dropped off Father Hubbard and his assistant, Sam Levenson [?] (later mayor of Irvine, CA). They climbed Mt. Katmai. Engine room boy served as alter boy. John Ford rode the ship; he was a good enough...
(7:43 min) (11 of 17) Check your own gas cap
Picked up an L1 observation plane with Sasoon for Fish & Wildlife doing work in Prince William Sound. Flying on Sunday no one around Still had some in main tank as well as auxiliary tank. When...
05 A plane of her own (5:30 min.) (05 of 09) There was no flight instruction in the winter so Pearl was laid off. She spent the winter of 1945 at the University at Fairbanks. She saw the Russian pilots flying the lend lease planes. Margaret...
35 second, black & white/silent, film clip of scenery filmed from a moving train, of the Alaska Railroad station in Fairbanks, of disembarking passengers and of cargo being unloaded. At the end of the clip, Alaska Railroad Engine No. 1 can be seen.