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15 viewsAirline: Conair Type: General Dynamics Convair 580Registration: C-FKFAAirport: PAQCity: PalmerState: AlaskaCountry: USADate Taken: May 9, 2010Conair sold several DC-6's to Everts in Alaska and still has a few active alongside a fleet of Convair 580 turboprops. Conair is a Canadian based company and has a contract to base an aircraft at Palmer and Fort Wainwright, Alaska.
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4 viewsAirline: Brooks Air FuelType: Douglas DC-4Registration: N96358Airport: FAICity: FairbanksState: AlaskaCountry: USADate Taken: May 14, 2010Taking on roughly 3,400 gallons of 87 octane unleaded fuel from the Alaska Aerofuel Inc. tanker truck. Next stop Shungnak Alaska!
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8 viewsAirline: Brooks Air FuelType: Douglas DC-4Registration: N96358Airport: N/ACity: N/AState: AlaskaCountry: USADate Taken: May 14, 2010At 6,500 feet AGL we cross the great Yukon river in Alaska. For more photos of Brooks aircraft and the flight do a search for "Brooks".
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6 viewsAirline: Brooks Air FuelType: Douglas DC-4Registration: N96358Airport: N/ACity: FairbanksState: AlaskaCountry: USADate Taken: May 14, 2010Lumbering skyward between the mountain ranges surrounding Fairbanks airport we are greated with a warm sunny flying day in Alaska.
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4 viewsAirline: Brooks Air Fuel Type: Douglas DC-4Registration: N96358Airport: FAICity: FairbanksState: AlaskaCountry: USADate Taken: May 14, 2010Climbing out of Fairbanks the co-pilot reaches down to set props and power for our 90 minute fuel flight to Shungnak Alaska with population of about 270 residents.
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10 viewsAirline: Brooks Air FuelType: Douglas DC-4Registration: N96358Airport: FAICity: FairbanksState: AlaskaCountry: USADate Taken: May 14, 2010Initiating our climb out, the Captain takes a quick peak at the port side engines. Fairbanks airport has regular Alaska airlines service using 737's and a few other smaller airlines using turboprop aircraft.
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6 viewsAirline: Everts Air CargoType: Curtiss C-46 CommandoRegistration: N7848BAirport: FAICity: FairbanksState: AlaskaCountry: USADate Taken: May 12, 2010Everts has two C-46 cargo aircraft. This one named "Dumbo" N7848B was operated by RANSA, then Panamanian registered by Aerovias Alianza as HP-238 before returning to N7848B in 1968. It has been in Alaska since then, first with Interior Airways, then Fairbanks Air Service, and with the Everts family since 1973.
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10 viewsAirline: Rust's Flying ServiceType: Dehavilland DHC-2 BeaverRegistration: N4444ZAirport: Lake HoodCity: AnchorageState: AlaskaCountry: USADate Taken: May 8, 2010Rusts began operations in 1963 and has continuously grown its fleet. Today Rusts and K2 Aviation are based at Lake Hood and Talkeetna, Alaska. The 2 airlines operate passenger and cargo flights around the region as well as a number of sightseeing services.
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11 viewsAirline: Majestic AirlinesType: Douglas DC-3Registration: N305SFAirport: PAQCity: PalmerState: AlaskaCountry: USADate Taken: May 9, 2010Originally delivered to the USAAF in 1943 she served in North Africa and also participated in the D-Day efforts. She arrived in Alaska in 1996 for to work for Majestic Airlines. Following the death of the owner in 2001 the aircraft was sold, but for whatever reason is still in a stored condition at Palmer.
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14 viewsAirline: Everts Air CargoType: Douglas DC-6Registration: N151Airport: ANCCity: AnchorageState: AlaskaCountry: USADate Taken: May 10, 2010Great angle of N151 as she banks slightly right with crosswinds as she departs Anchorage. Strangely enough the same registration was worn by another DC-6 as N151 but was written off while landing on a gravel strip in Alaska in minus 35 degree temperatures.
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6 viewsAirline: Alaska AirlinesType: Boeing 737-800Registration: N568ASAirport: FAICity: FairbanksState: AlaskaCountry: USADate Taken: May 14, 2010Alaska Airlines launched daily service between Sacramento and Kahului, Maui on March 26, 2010. To mark the occasion, passengers boarded the "Follow Apolo to Hawaii" plane, a specially-themed Boeing 737 highlighting the opportunity to enter for a chance to win a Maui vacation for two with the celebrated short-track speed skater.
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12 viewsAirline: Alaska Air CargoType: Boeing 737-400Registration: N709ASAirport: ANCCity: AnchorageState: AlaskaCountry: USADate Taken: May 10, 2010
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12 viewsAirline: Alaska airlinesType: Boeing 737-400Registration: N792ASAirport: ANCCity: AnchorageState: AlaskaCountry: USADate Taken: May 10, 2010Salmon-Thirty-Salmon took 24 days and half a million dollars to paint. Paid for by the Alaska fisheries marketing board to promote the Alaskan seafood industry. This reminds me of a story I heard. Alaska had pulled out their newly painted Salmon 737 and another airline had purposely flown their Shamu "killer whale" to park at the gate next to the Salmon to mock them with a whale and its prey!
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10 viewsAirline: Everts Air CargoType: Douglas DC-6Registration: N151Airport: ANCCity: AnchorageState: AlaskaCountry: USADate Taken: May 10, 2010Originally delivered to Western Air Lines in 1957, Alaska airlines in 1961, and the FAA before being converted to a DC-6BF freighter version in 1972. Everts aquired her in 1983 from Alaska airlines as a cargoliner called "Silver Streak". Seen here making a last minute correction to account for the heavy crosswind from the South.
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8 viewsAirline: Everts Air CargoType: Douglas DC-6Registration: N9056RAirport: ANCCity: AnchorageState: AlaskaCountry: USADate Taken: May 10, 2010Another pristine propliner lumbers into Anchorage. Now the largest DC-6 operator in the world with 10 active aircraft based in Alaska.
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15 viewsAirline: TMF AircraftType: Douglas C-117 (Super DC-3)Registration: N32TNAirport: OPFCity: Opa LockaState: FloridaCountry: USADate Taken: October 29, 2009Interesting "Douglas" as compared to a lot of the other unpainted bare metal DC-3's flying around. Delivered to the USAAF as 42-92924 then transferred to the US Marine Corps as 17175. Other registrations include 43301, N21270, N175TD, N30000, XA-TMR, then Trans Northern LLC as N32TN out of Fairbanks, Alaska.
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9 viewsAirline: Rock And Roll Air LtdType: North American T-28 TrojanRegistration: N215SFAirport: OSHCity: OskoshState: WisconsinCountry: USADate Taken: 2009Registered as N47797 for the State Of Alaska Division of Forestry in 1984 until 1992.
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