Title by indexer. This is NCA's famed all-metal Lockheed Vega NC 12288. It was the first of only three all-metal ones manufactured by Lockheed. Wiley Post's Vega and the others were of wood frame construction. This metal Vega was one of...
The George King Collection describes in photographs and manuscript material early aviation in Alaska. There are two series in this collection. The first series consists of five photograph albums and two folders of loose photographs. The second...
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 by indexer. A float plane reading "Alaska-Washington Airways" on the side is docked on the water. The wharf, and buildings on the harbor are seen directly behind. In the far distance, at the bottom of the cliff are rows of houses and...
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