31 second, black & white/silent film clip of a Gorst Air Transport's Loening Air Yacht. It taxies on water and pulls up to a beach. Several adults and children come up to the plane.
44 second, black & white/silent film clip. Clip shows a Ford Tri-motor airplane. Men crank start the plane, which then taxis down the snowy runway and takes off.
Alaska Air Transport, a commercial air carrier business started by Shell Simmons in 1935, merged with Marine Airways in 1939 to create Alaska Coastal Airline
Alaska Air Transport, a commercial air carrier business started by Shell Simmons in 1935, merged with Marine Airways in 1939 to create Alaska Coastal Airline Note on verso identifies the plane as a Lockheed Vega
Arrival [of U.S. Attack Transport] Delarof, May 15, 1943.
Alaska National Guard, Pribilofs, Sept. 1942-Sept. 1943.
Information from notes with corresponding envelope.
Arrival [of U.S. Attack Transport] Delarof, May 15, 1943.
Alaska National Guard, Pribilofs, Sept. 1942-Sept. 1943. Information from notes with corresponding envelope.
Enroute from Seattle to Cordova with Clayton Scott, pilot, and Gordon Graham, mechanic, they made the first commercial flight across the Gulf of Alaska in 1929.