(5:36 min.) (18 of 28) 18. Virginia's students
Virginia's students were varied -- a man who became a jet pilot, a prostitute, and a construction worker named Bullwinkle. She discusses some of her flights to Manly and other interior...
(4:26 min.) (19 of 28) 19. Women pilots Virginia wanted corrections made on a display at the airport, adding mention of early women pilots in Alaska. Virginia speaks of things absent in her life and how becoming a Jehovah's Witness helped.
(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...
(5:01 min.) (22 of 28) 22. Flying in western Alaska
George still needed his multi-engine rating, couldn't borrow the company plane. So he quit Pan Am and started flying along the Kuskokwim for Northern Consolidated. Towns in the western...
(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.
(6:47 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...
(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...
(7:14 min.) (25 of 28) 26. C-47 transport
George flew transport C-47 between Alaska and Seattle. Sometimes on the way down he had to land on Annette Island to refuel. On the way up they always had to refuel to fight the headwinds. He had...
(3:09 min.) (27 of 28) 27. Pilot for Governor Egan George used to fly Gov. Egan back and forth to Juneau. Egan liked George's harmonica version of "Springtime in the Rockies". George then flew the Seattle run, which he had always wanted to...
(3:47 min.) (28 of 28) 28. 737 200 series
George praises the 737 jets, and describes how much he liked the passengers. They liked him playing the harmonica. George also talked about what it takes to make a great career in the airlines.
Title taken from caption. View of musher wearing numbered bib with dog team at start of Fur Rendezvous sled dog races on 4th Avenue in Anchorage, Alaska. Truck with dog kennels in back is visible at left, and people and other vehicles are in...
Title taken from verso. View of students registering for Anchorage Community College classes at West Anchorage High School in Anchorage, Alaska. Jan. 1964. Photographer: Ward W. Wells. Original photograph size: 4" x 5".
Title taken from verso. View of students registering for Anchorage Community College classes at West Anchorage High School in Anchorage, Alaska. Jan. 1964. Photographer: Ward W. Wells. Original photograph size: 4" x 5".
Title taken from verso. View of students registering for Anchorage Community College classes at West Anchorage High School in Anchorage, Alaska. Jan. 1964. Photographer: Ward W. Wells. Original photograph size: 4" x 5".
Title taken from verso. View of students registering for Anchorage Community College classes at West Anchorage High School in Anchorage, Alaska. Men standing in center background: Alex Combs, John Hart. Woman seated at far left: Elvera Voth. Jan....
Title taken from verso. View of students registering for Anchorage Community College classes at West Anchorage High School in Anchorage, Alaska. Jan. 1964. Photographer: Ward W. Wells. Original photograph size: 4" x 5".
Title taken from verso. View of students registering for Anchorage Community College classes at West Anchorage High School in Anchorage, Alaska. Sign in background reads: "Anchorage Community College. Registration procedure." Jan. 1964....
Title taken from verso. View of students registering for Anchorage Community College classes at West Anchorage High School in Anchorage, Alaska. Man at left next to child on table identified as Alex Combs. Jan. 1964. Photographer: Ward W. Wells....