Alex Clark
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February in Alaska Aviation History
Feb 21, 1924,
Carl Ben Eielson make the first round trip airmail delivery in Alaska. Fairbanks, Mcgrath Nenana, Fairbanks.
Feb. 1943,
the body of Alaska Aviation legend Harold Gillam is discovered near the shore of Boca de Quadra Inlet. He had crashed on January 5, 1943 while piloting a twin engine Lockheed Electra from Seattle to Anchorage with 5 passengers. Although he was injured during the crash 30 miles northeast of Annette Island, he set up camp with his passengers for a few days and then left on foot to find help. It appeared that he succumbed to his injuries days later. In 1929 he discovered Carl Ben Eielson’s crash site in Siberia a month after Eielson disappeared.
February 3, 1961
--Juneau's first commercial jet landed.
February 25, 1932,
A Presidential Order signed by Herbert Hoover, authorizes Russel B. Merrill Airport (Merrill Field) In Anchorage Alaska.
February l94l
Army Air Corps unit, the l8th Pursuit Squadron, arrived at Elmendorf Field in Anchorage, Alaska
Feb. 25 2005,
Aviation pioneer Robert Reeve is inducted into the Alaska Aviation Hall of Fame.
February 13, 1950,
A giant B-36B of the 436 Squadron of the Strategic Air Command, Six hours into a flight from Eielson AFB near Fairbanks, Alaska, to Carswell AFB in Fort Worth, Texas, encountered icing conditions and multiple engine fires.Capt. Harold L. Barry to issue a bailout command to his flight crew. A nuclear device without its core is set for demolition and dropped out the bomb bay doors. The crew then starts to bail out. After they do, they see the plane make a turn and head into Canadian soil instead of out to sea.
A mystery continues regarding the core and other items.
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Feb 21, 1924,
Carl Ben Eielson make the first round trip airmail delivery in Alaska. Fairbanks, Mcgrath Nenana, Fairbanks.
Feb. 1943,
the body of Alaska Aviation legend Harold Gillam is discovered near the shore of Boca de Quadra Inlet. He had crashed on January 5, 1943 while piloting a twin engine Lockheed Electra from Seattle to Anchorage with 5 passengers. Although he was injured during the crash 30 miles northeast of Annette Island, he set up camp with his passengers for a few days and then left on foot to find help. It appeared that he succumbed to his injuries days later. In 1929 he discovered Carl Ben Eielson’s crash site in Siberia a month after Eielson disappeared.
February 3, 1961
--Juneau's first commercial jet landed.
February 25, 1932,
A Presidential Order signed by Herbert Hoover, authorizes Russel B. Merrill Airport (Merrill Field) In Anchorage Alaska.
February l94l
Army Air Corps unit, the l8th Pursuit Squadron, arrived at Elmendorf Field in Anchorage, Alaska
Feb. 25 2005,
Aviation pioneer Robert Reeve is inducted into the Alaska Aviation Hall of Fame.
February 13, 1950,
A giant B-36B of the 436 Squadron of the Strategic Air Command, Six hours into a flight from Eielson AFB near Fairbanks, Alaska, to Carswell AFB in Fort Worth, Texas, encountered icing conditions and multiple engine fires.Capt. Harold L. Barry to issue a bailout command to his flight crew. A nuclear device without its core is set for demolition and dropped out the bomb bay doors. The crew then starts to bail out. After they do, they see the plane make a turn and head into Canadian soil instead of out to sea.
A mystery continues regarding the core and other items.
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