Author: Alaska Territorial Chamber of Commerce
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Category : Air mail service
Languages : en
Pages : 8
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Alaska, Its Needs for National Defense and Airmail Service
Author: Alaska Territorial Chamber of Commerce
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Category : Air mail service
Languages : en
Pages : 8
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Category : Air mail service
Languages : en
Pages : 8
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Assignment Alaska
Author: United States. Department of the Army
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Category : Military bases
Languages : en
Pages : 28
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Category : Military bases
Languages : en
Pages : 28
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The Defense Impact and Social Needs in Alaska
Author: United Community Defense Services, New York
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Category : Alaska
Languages : en
Pages : 72
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Category : Alaska
Languages : en
Pages : 72
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Air Mail Service for Alaska
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Post Roads
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Category : Air mail service
Languages : en
Pages : 38
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Category : Air mail service
Languages : en
Pages : 38
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Government-owned Long-lines Communication Facilities in the State of Alaska
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Armed Services
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Category : Surplus military property
Languages : en
Pages : 126
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Publisher:
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Category : Surplus military property
Languages : en
Pages : 126
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Government-owned Long-lines Communication Facilities in the State of Alaska
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services. Preparedness Investigating Subcommittee
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Category : Surplus military property
Languages : en
Pages : 128
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Category : Surplus military property
Languages : en
Pages : 128
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Alaska's Skyboys
Author: Katherine Johnson Ringsmuth
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295806222
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
This fascinating account of the development of aviation in Alaska examines the daring missions of pilots who initially opened up the territory for military positioning and later for trade and tourism. Early Alaskan military and bush pilots navigated some of the highest and most rugged terrain on earth, taking off and landing on glaciers, mudflats, and active volcanoes. Although they were consistently portrayed by industry leaders and lawmakers alike as cowboys—and their planes compared to settlers’ covered wagons—the reality was that aviation catapulted Alaska onto a modern, global stage; the federal government subsidized aviation’s growth in the territory as part of the Cold War defense against the Soviet Union. Through personal stories, industry publications, and news accounts, historian Katherine Johnson Ringsmuth uncovers the ways that Alaska’s aviation growth was downplayed in order to perpetuate the myth of the cowboy spirit and the desire to tame what many considered to be the last frontier.
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295806222
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
This fascinating account of the development of aviation in Alaska examines the daring missions of pilots who initially opened up the territory for military positioning and later for trade and tourism. Early Alaskan military and bush pilots navigated some of the highest and most rugged terrain on earth, taking off and landing on glaciers, mudflats, and active volcanoes. Although they were consistently portrayed by industry leaders and lawmakers alike as cowboys—and their planes compared to settlers’ covered wagons—the reality was that aviation catapulted Alaska onto a modern, global stage; the federal government subsidized aviation’s growth in the territory as part of the Cold War defense against the Soviet Union. Through personal stories, industry publications, and news accounts, historian Katherine Johnson Ringsmuth uncovers the ways that Alaska’s aviation growth was downplayed in order to perpetuate the myth of the cowboy spirit and the desire to tame what many considered to be the last frontier.
Federal Airport Act, Alaska
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Aviation
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Category : Airports
Languages : en
Pages : 996
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Category : Airports
Languages : en
Pages : 996
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Civil Aeronautics Board Reports
Author: United States. Civil Aeronautics Board
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Category : Aeronautics, Commercial
Languages : en
Pages : 1256
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Category : Aeronautics, Commercial
Languages : en
Pages : 1256
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Your Alaska Industry and the National Defense Production Program
Author: Alaska. Development Board
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Category : Alaska
Languages : en
Pages : 7
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Category : Alaska
Languages : en
Pages : 7
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