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Collection Name	Oral History Interviews, Alaska & Polar Regions Collections
Identifier	UAF-H85-21-11
Title	Williams, H. O. (Red) interview (03/07/1985) 11 of 17
Description	(7:43 min) (11 of 17) Check your own gas cap Picked up an L1 observation plane with Sasoon for Fish & Wildlife doing work in Prince William Sound. Flying on Sunday no one around Still had some in main tank as well as auxiliary tank. When main tank was empty switched over to the aux. And engine died. Switched back and was able to get over Bering glacier to a cannery, the cannery was abandoned, but Aux was empty. Another plane was passing by and shared fuel so he could get back.
Creator	Williams, Homer (Red) O'Ron (Narrator) Schneider, William S., 1946-
Subject.TGM	Flying Fuel tanks Canneries
Personal Name	Williams, Homer (Red) O'Ron, 1915-2004 Schneider, William S., 1946-., Ph.D. Underwood, Red (Darrell V.)
Location	Prince William Sound (Alaska) Cordova (Alaska)
Region	Southcentral Alaska
Time Period	1939 to 1959
Date	03/07/1985
Type	Sound Recording
Ordering & Use	For information on ordering and using this material: http://library.uaf.edu/order-photos
Holding Institution	Alaska and Polar Regions Collections, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks.; mailto:UAF-APR-reference-Service@alaska.edu --(907) 474-2791--PO Box 756808, Fairbanks, AK 99775-6808.
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