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Noel Merrill Wien
Author | : Noel Merrill Wien |
Publsiher | : Graphic Arts Books |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 2016-04-19 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781943328413 |
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Born into a family of aviators, Merrill Wien was destined to become a pilot. His father, Noel Wien, was one of the first pilots to fly in Alaska and his life was full of firsts, including making the first round-trip flight between Asia and North America in 1929. His mother played a big role in the founding and development of Wien Alaska Airlines, the second-oldest scheduled airline in the United States and territories. One of the most versatile and experienced pilots of his time, Merrill has flown just about every aircraft imaginable from DC-3s to Lockheed 1011s to historic military planes like the cargo C-46 and B-29 bomber to the Hiller UH-12E chopper. Although fundamentally modest by nature, family and friends encouraged Merrill to share his remarkable stories given his accomplishments and experiences with so many famous people and events. His tone is engagingly informal as he recounts crossing paths with such luminaries as Joe Crosson, Howard Hughes, Lowell Thomas Sr. and Lowell Thomas Jr., Sam White, Don Sheldon, Brad Washburn, Wally Schirra, and Bill Anders. He re-creates for readers his firsthand experiences flying top-secret missions for the Air Force, viewing the devastation of the Good Friday Earthquake in Anchorage, and the challenges of starting his own helicopter company, to name just a few. His fascinating narrative is complemented by photographs from his personal archives.
Alaska s First Bush Pilots 1923 30
Author | : Jim Rearden |
Publsiher | : Graphic Arts Books |
Total Pages | : 269 |
Release | : 2014-04-04 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 9780882409320 |
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This book follows the careers of Alaska's pioneering pilots, who, with cranky open-cockpit biplanes, started the great change in Alaska's way of travel. Aviation first arrived at Fairbanks, the trade center of mainland Alaska, from which dog sled trails spider-web to mines, villages, and trap-lines. During winters, goods and people traveled mostly by dog sled. During the summer of 1923 Ben Eielson was the first to fly commercially from Fairbanks, ferrying passengers and light freight with an open cockpit Jenny (JN4) biplane. It was the beginning of the leap from ground travel to the air. Noel Wien was the next. In the summers of 1924-26 he flew open cockpit biplanes from Fairbanks. Starting in 1927, he flew a cabin biplane year-around on scheduled flights in the 579 miles between Fairbanks and Nome. In March, 1929, Wien flew from Alaska to the Elisif, an ice-locked trading schooner in Siberia, to return with a load of valuable furs. In the following November, Ben Eielson repeated this flight to the Nanuk, another ice-bound trading schooner in Siberia. And when he and his mechanic, Earl Borland returned for a second load of Siberian fur, their Hamilton airplane disappeared in a winter snowstorm. This brought on one of the most famous, and difficult aerial searches ever made from and in Alaska. By the 1930s, Alaska's growing aviation industry had revolutionized transportation in the Territory. This volume is a fond look back at the triumphs and tragedies of the pioneering Ben Eielson, Noel Wien, Harold Gillam, Joe Crosson, Ed Young, and others, the great pilots who were the first bush pilots of Alaska.
Statistical Bulletin Securities and Exchange Commission
Author | : United States. Securities and Exchange Commission |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 632 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : Securities |
ISBN | : STANFORD:36105119488802 |
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SEC Monthly Statistical Review
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 634 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : Securities |
ISBN | : IND:30000090136585 |
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Statistical Bulletin
Author | : United States. Securities and Exchange Commission |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 568 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : UOM:35112202527182 |
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United States Civil Aircraft Register
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 1802 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : Aeronautics |
ISBN | : UOM:39015023915922 |
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Aero Digest
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 902 |
Release | : 1932 |
Genre | : Aeronautics |
ISBN | : MINN:31951000869510P |
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American Aviation
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 1018 |
Release | : 1964 |
Genre | : Aeronautics |
ISBN | : UOM:39015024343322 |
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