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Home  >  Digital Archives  >  Land Sea Air  >  Aviation
Aviation Firsts (SLIDESHOW)

View a gallery of images depicting the early days of aviation in Alaska by clicking an image to the right.


Gallery of Images
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Pioneer aviator Carl Ben Eielson
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Eielson stands at the cockpit of his De Havilland biplane
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Carl Ben Eielson tunes up his engine
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Noel Wien made the first flight from Anchorage to Fairbanks
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Noel Wien made the first commercial flight to Nome
Click here for all 13 photos in this gallery.


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