(3:15 min) (05 of 17) Back to teaching
Bad fire season too many people crashing. Took job flying for Trans-ocean airways, then flew Korean air lift for military. After war too much competition from Wien Airways so went back to teaching. ...
39 second film clip, color/silent. From title frame: "Smith Collection, 1960s". Film shows light planes at Phillips Field in Fairbanks and the Fairbanks Aircraft Service hangar. Machinery in film, may be used to pre-heat engine, compare...
04 First jobs in Alaska (5:04 min.) (04 of 09) Lockheed Vega took her to Fairbanks. Bush flying was what she wanted, but she couldn't get hired in Fairbanks. Herb Hagler at Fairbanks Air Service wouldn't give her a job as a pilot, but he told...
Title supplied by cataloger. Lockheed L-188 Electra, registration N402FA, for Fairbanks Air Service. Cargo being loaded into plane. Slide printed 8/1975. Original format: 35mm color slide