01 Began flying (2:43 min.) (01 of 09) On her way to school she was able to see airplanes taking off from the local airport. She thought that was what she wanted to do with her life. She saved up the $125.00 but the flight school closed...
132 second film clip, color/silent. Title frame shows "Machetanz Collection 1952-1958". Film shows cargo being unloaded from trucks into a F-27 Propjet airplane, passengers boarding the plane, and the plane taking off. Under the pilot's...
Father and son Noel and Merrill Wien stand in front of Wien Air Alaska Cessna 185, possibly in Fairbanks, Alaska. From information with photo: "Noel Wien, noted for his contributions to Alaska's aviation history over the past years, stands with his...
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...
Scenes from the Alaska State Museum at Juneau. Items include Southeast Alaska artwork, a petroglyph from Wrangell, Eskimo stone anchors, an early Russian cannon from Kodiak, a copy of "Signing the Alaska Treaty", a hand-sewn 36-star American flag...
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 caption and verso. Verso reads: $4-. #30. Galena, Alaska. 1955." Image shows one man kneeling on the wing of a Cessna L-19 Bird Dog jet plane and another man wearing a pilot's cap standing on the ground nearby. The man on the...
Most of the collection consists of photographs of person, mountains, equipment, and aircraft used in the expedition to recover bodies from the C-A1 of the ATC which crashed in the Mount McKinley region, circa 1944.
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Title from verso. Label on envelope reads "Russian". An unidentified man is standing in front of a ski plane. He is wearing what resembles a pilot's uniform: leather jacket, riding breeches, long socks, a pilot cap with an insignia. He is...
Title from verso. "I beleive it was Burt Ruff's ? plane. Tied to ice cakes on frozen beach at [Bootleggers] Cove near Anchorage about 1943. [from Bob Reeve file]. Photo by Russ Dow." A rear view of a float plane labeled "Bristol Bay Air...
Title from verso. Also from verso: "Pan American World Airways, INC. Photo by Dudley, Hardin & Yang, Inc. Seattle. Kay J. Kennedy Mail: 12831 N. E. 83rd St.Kirkland, Wa. 98033. B21499-7-5." A close-up portrait of a man dressed in an airline...
Title supplied by cataloger. Four men are visible. Two are wearing driving caps, one has a fedora, and one wears a pilot's jacket and hat with goggles. The bottom portion of the photo is obscured. The pilot is also pictured in photos...