Title taken from creator's notes. Soldiers and some civilians gather on the Ladd Field flight line during an airshow. Notes and captions are from Cecil H. Kornegay 7-5-2000.
W. B. Drawbaugh, Weather Bureau Meterologist puts aerometeorograph in place on weather flight plane at Fairbanks field while pilot Harold Gillam prepares to take off.
Photograph of the crash of the Winnie Mae in Flat, Alaska. Caption: Wiley Post, during the first round the world solo flight, crashed during a landing at Flat, Alaska. In this photo miners from Flat set up a tripod wench to lift the plane.
Caption: After a nose first crash during Wiley Post's round the world solo flight the Winnie Mae has been set upright and is ready to be repaired. The miners of Flat, Alaska, are taking apart the tripod that helped to set the airplane upright.
Caption: Wiley Post poses for a photograph just before taking off to resume his solo flight round the world. The Winnie Mae has just been repaired after hitting a rough patch of tailings at the airstrip in Flat, Alaska and crashing.
Caption: Miners from Flat, Alaska, set up a tripod for setting the Winnie Mae upright so that the airplane can be repaired. The Winnie Mae hit a patch of mining tailings, during Wiley Post's solo round the world flight, and nosed over. The Winnie...
Caption: Miners from Flat, Alaska, set up a tripod for setting the Winnie Mae upright so that the airplane can be repaired. The Winnie Mae hit a patch of mining tailings, during Wiley Post's solo round the world flight, and nosed over.
During the first attempt of flying over the north pole Sir Hubert Wilkins the expeditions aircraft developed problems. Supplies needed for the flight were sent to Point Barrow on snow motors and dog sled. This party developed troubles as well and...
Caption: during the first attempt of flying over the north pole Sir Hubert Wilkins the expeditions aircraft developed problems. Supplies needed for the flight were sent to Point Barrow on snow motors and dog sled. This party developed troubles as...
8x10 photo. Title from caption. Full caption reads:
"Ralph and Ida Savory in the cockpit of a Boeing 707-320 just prior to Take-Off non stop London to Seattle, October 13, 1969. This was the final flight for Pan Am, mandatory...
8x10 photo. Title from caption. Full caption reads:
"Joe Amarok, Eskimo leader from Nome, Alaska sprinkled water from the Bering Sea on the nose of the Clipper North Wind, first of Pan American World Airways scheduled DC-4s to arrive...
Title from caption. Image shows the airstrip at Galena Air Force Base. A hanger, buildings, jet planes and a flight tower are visible. Some damage to the photo is visible in the top right corner. Verso reads: "Alaska. $8 #30,"...
Title from caption and verso. Verso reads: "Galena, Alaska. $10. #30." Image shows a man in a flight suit posing in front of a C-113 cargo plane. Gas cans and other gear are loaded in a large sled by his feet. Cargo doors to the plane are...
Title from caption and verso. Verso reads" :$7. #30. Galena, AK. AFB. 1955." Image shows a large jet plane parked on the runway in front of a hangar at the Galena Air Force Base. A flight control tower is visible beside the hangar on the...