(3:16 min) (03 of 17) Army, teaching and Fish & Game Trained in Sta. Maria California (Moffitt Field) finished in 1942. James C. Ryan old instructor talked about jobs. Got out of Army during WWII to teach school, took Gov. Gruening and Rep....
(4:08 min.) (17 of 28) 17. Virginia comes to Alaska
Virginia was given the chance to come to Alaska as a flight instructor; if she didn't like it she was told she could fly home for free. She only instructed for one summer. She came up,...
(5:17 min.) (21 of 28) 21. Licenses and ratings
Discussion of the difficulties getting commercial license; the easiest way is to become an instructor. George got his license, then his instructor rating; the instrument rating was more...
(6:47 min) (24 of 28) 24. DC-3 training
George met a Pan Am Clipper pilot who set him up for training at LaGuardia Airport. He was leasing a Pan Am DC-3 but the corporate heads cancelled the deal. Bill Conrad was the instructor George went...
02 Next step (3:39 min.) (02 of 09) During 1940, the U.S. Government was getting ready for war -- the Civilian Pilot Training program was started. They allowed one woman in each class of ten. While at Marshall College she learned how to do...
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...
Caption attached to this photograph relates: Graduates of the electronic technician pilot class undertaken by the Bureau of Indian Affairs are greeted by Senator E. Gruening at RCA Headquarters in Anchorage. The class has just returned from RCA...
Title from verso. Image shows Grant Pearson and Erling Strom of the Lindley-Liek Expedition that made the first successful ascent of both peaks of Mount McKinley in 1932. Pearson was a ranger for Mount McKinley National Park and Strom was a...
Title taken from back. "The science club was organized in the fall of 1934 by students and faculty from chemistry, home economics, agriculture, and general science. From left to right back row: instructor Roland Snodgrass, Leo Saarela, Elinor...