View of people carrying baby in incubator aboard Wien Air Alaska Boeing 737 in Alaska. Printed on airplane: "Wien Air Alaska" and "Boeing 737." Original photograph size: 7" x 5".
Title supplied by cataloger. A side view of a biplane that appears to be the same biplane as in photos UAF-2006-102-51 and UAF-2006-102-50. There may be a pilot in the cockpit.
Charles Mac Kay has identified the model and manufacturer of...
Title taken from image. Person flying high in the air from a blanket toss in Nome, Alaska, 1946-1947. The blanket tossers are standing in a circle holding the blanket and looking up at the person in flight. A bystander in a military uniform...
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 taken from verso. View of Lt. Lowell H. Smith's airplane "Chicago" at Seward, Alaska, used in U.S. Army Air Service World Flight. Also from verso: "U.S. Army Air Service World Flight, 1924. Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society." 1924.
(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.
(6:00 min.) (25 of 28) 25. Licensed for DC-3; return to Alaska
George and Bill Conrad discusssed how he'd do the flight. He made it through the testing. George went back to New York and then flew to Fairbanks. The flying was bad on the...
Title taken from caption. The caption reads "FIRST OFFICIAL AIRMAIL FLIGHT MAY 3, 1938 JUNEAU - FAIRBANKS". An airplane is parked at Weeks Field among a crowd of people. The plane's marking include "Pacific Alaska Airways" printed along the...