(3:36 min.) (23 of 28) 23. DC-3 aircraft
George and Merrill Wien got a Stinson ready for instrument flight. George loaded up the family and flew to New York. He started training with the DC-3.
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.
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.
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...
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 by indexer. The massive doors of a hangar are open, revealing a partial view of the space inside. A small aircraft is parked in front. The letters or serial numbers NC1017N are clearly visible on the tail of the aircraft. A few men are...
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 by indexer. Verso reads: "Emard Cannery in background Anchorage, 1930's '37 or '38. Kay J. Kennedy Mail:12831 N. E. 83rd St. Kirkland, Wa. 98033. Estal call photo?" A rear view of a float plane (marked "NC-443-M" on the tail) on a muddy...