Collection Name	AMRC. Wien Collection
Identifier	AMRC-b85-27-701
Title	Plane used in first commercial flight between Fairbanks and Nome, June 5, 1925.
Description	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 1925 when Noel Wien made the first commercial flight between Fairbanks and Nome. Here Fairbanks Mayor Dr. F. Dela Vernge [sic] (in derby) hands Noel a letter for personal delivery in the Bering Sea city some 560 miles distant. The Fokker monoplane left Fairbanks June 4, 1925 and made the flight in 7 hours and 40 minutes. Cost of that first charter was $1,500.00." June 5, 1925. Original photograph size: 6 7/8" x 8 3/4".
Subject.TGM	Airplanes Aircraft Air pilots Airplane propellers Air travel Correspondence Physicians Mayors Men
Subject.LCSH	Fokker airplanes
Personal Name	Wien, Noel De La Vergne, F.
Location	Fairbanks (Alaska)
Region	Interior Alaska
Time Period	1913 to 1939
Date.original	June 5, 1925
Type	Image (Photographs)
Ordering & Use	https://www.anchoragemuseum.org/collections/rights-and-reproduction/
Holding Institution	Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center. 625 C Street Anchorage, AK 99501 mailto:resourcecenter@anchoragemuseum.org
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Plane used in first commercial flight between Fairbanks and Nome, June 5, 1925.

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