12 second film clip, black & white/silent. From title frame: "Alaska Review Collection, 1978". Film shows men loading furs into a monoplane in Siberia. Aircraft N-Number is partially covered [N?0002].
Ice buildup in back is from Arctic Ocean. Noel Wein pilot and James Stewart co-pilot later went on to PAA Alaska and Honolulu runs. Noel Wien photo. Verso: “Landing Ford Tri-Motor at Barrow Village on lagoon. In background notice ice pressure in...
Noel Wein Pilot. Harding Lake near Fairbanks. All escaped unhurt. Northwest Airlines leased the plane later from Johnson Flying service around October 1956 for a historic flight across the nation. Photo: Noel Wein.
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...
Title by indexer. The nose of the airplane reads "Detroiter", the side "Fokker", the rear "Detroit Arctic Expedition. G. H. Wilkins Commander". Compare UAF-1991-98-427.
According to an e-mail dated Dec. 27, 2007, from Kevin Burns,...
Title from indexer. Photograph shows Noel Wien standing next to a WAA Hamilton Monoplane in 1929. The side of the airplane reads "Wien Alaska Airways Inc." and "U.S. Mail". Original size is 5.5 in. x 3.5 in.
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...
Title from verso. "Wilkins (expedition). Reproduced by Jerome Lardy." A close up shot of the large Fokker airplane which was part of the Detroit News-Wilkins Arctic Expedition of 1927. The side of the ski plane reads "Fokker"; the nose,...
Title from verso. "Wilkins. Reproduced by Jerome Lardy." In 1927 Explorer George Hubert Wilkins led the Detroit News-Wilkins Arctic Expedition. This was Wilkins's second venture into the Arctic. The plane, a Stinson-Detroit biplane which was...
Title taken from verso. Caption on photograph: To Bob & Vide Bartlett, My friends, Noel Wien. Photograph of a Fokker FIII 6 place cabin monoplane, a biplane is in the distance. Verso: June 1925, minutes before taking off on first...
View of pilot Noel Wien in Fairbanks, Alaska, preparing for first commercial flight between Fairbanks and Nome, with Fairbanks Mayor Dr. de la Vergne in derby. From verso: "The personal service which is a watchword with Wien was evident even in...