Wien Alaska Airlines
Organization
Dates
- Existence: 1927 - 1984
Historical Note
Wien Alaska Airlines was the first airline in Alaska, formed from the merger of Northern Consolidated Airlines and Wien Alaska Airways in 1927 by Noel Wien in Alaska. Over the years, the airline underwent many mergers and name changes prior to ending operations as Wien Airlines in 1984.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Jerry L. Hart Photograph Collection
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2017-00-00-1
Contents of the Collection
The Jerry L. Hart Photograph Collection is a small collection consisting of ten black-and-white 8x10-inch photographs of Boeing aircraft from circa the 1940s. Five images depict the wreckage of a crashed Alaska Airlines "Starliner" aircraft at Bow Lake airport, now known as Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, in SeaTac, Washington, taken November 30, 1947. One image depicts an American Airlines aircraft with a Boeing mechanic working on it. Two images depict a variety of commercial...
Dates:
circa 1940s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
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