Title taken from photograph. Caption on photograph: 7-28-27 Nome, Wien Airlines, First aiplane operation in Nome & Seward peninsula area. Verso: 1927 June, Nome, Alaska, start of first airplane operation in Nome. Notice spare prop. tied on...
Title taken from accompanying note. "Wien Airlines building and vehicle." (Barrow & N.A.R.L., 1973); photo has negative]." See identical photo at UAF-2003-139-117.
(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. ...
(7:50 min) (16 of 17) Medical emergencies & tourist industry While teaching at Ft. Yukon woman was having a breech birth. Agreed to take her, got everything ready and when he called to bring her to airplane the baby was born. Wien drove out...
Title from verso. A close-up shot of a man with closely cropped hair, dressed in suit and tie, head slightly turned towards the camera. He may be an employee of Wien Airlines.
After a message from Marty Wells, Don Everly's daughter, in...
Title by indexer. A group of Wien Airlines men and women employees standing in front of the airplane. Verso reads: "Wien Alaska Airlines photo by Noel Wien Fairbanks, Alaska."
Title from verso. A snapshot of a man, presumably an employee of Wien Airlines, in sunglasses with a broad smile. He is dressed in a uniform (probably a mechanic's); the initials WCA (Wien Consolidated Airlines) are visible on the front of the...
Title from verso. A man gazes into the distance and appears to be standing on the runway. He is presumably and employee of Wien Airlines. An airplane, looking like a Wien Consolidated jet, is visible in the background. Verso also reads "P.18,...
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...
Title by cataloger. "Wien Consolidated Airlines Photo by Ray." An elderly man in (mechanic's) uniform, who may be an employee of Wien Airlines, is sitting on a car with an open hood. He is sitting on the front fender, seemingly working on the...
Title by indexer. A man wearing a white parka (bearing the words "Wien Arctic Tours") looks at brochures. The walls and tables are covered with promotional posters and or brochures of Alaska; many of the pictures show fishing scenes. A Wien...
Wien Photo. Verso: “One of three Super C-46’s carrying 40 passengers on schedule year around in Northern Alaska are especially suited for tourist operation in Summer.”
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 cataloger. A group of women are seen sitting in a row, behind their desks in this large office space. These are presumably employees of Wien Airlines.