Wings to Alaska
Documentary (1965)
Production:
Lester Becker (Writter and Editor)
Henry Strauss (Director and Photographer)
Also from this series:
Pan Am's Wings to series
Pan Am's promotional touristic documentary about Alaska, a hudge country ...
Boeing 707-321
At Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. [See discussion tab (1)]
On flight towards Alaska.
Boeing 707-321
Arrival at Fairbanks International Airport.[See discussion tab (2)]
Registration N725PA, c/n 17603/84. First flight in November 1959. Delivered new in December 1959 to Pan American World Airways, registered N725PA named Jet Clipper Aurora. Leased to Turkish Airlines in January 1971, registered TC-JAJ. Sold to Tempair in November 1974, registered G-BCRS. Leased to Gemini Airlines Ltd in December 1974, registered 9G-ACD. Leased to DETA Linhas Aereas Mozambique in January 1976. Leased to Somali Airlines in April 1976. Leased to Biman Bangladesh in October 1976. Sold M Casey in February 1978, registered N725CA. Sold to Teton Aircraft Leasing in December 1979. Sold to General Air Services Inc. Miami FL in June 1982. Broken up at Miami International (KMIA/MIA) in January 1984.
Hiller UH-12
Grumman G-21A Goose
Registration N4773C, c/n B-052. Built as JRF-5 for the US Navy in 1944, registered 37799. Sold to Alaska Coastal Airlines in 1955, registered N4773C. Sold to Channel Flying Inc., Juneau AK in 1980, re-registered N37487 in 1983.Sold to Urbano M. (Bill) Dasilva, Dexter MI in 1988. Sold to Charles Greenhill, Mettawa IL in 1994, re-registered N42GL in 1995. Transferred to Charles Greenhill/ Amphib Inc., Lake Zurich IL in 2002. Wfu in 2020.
It is not common to see flying boats taking off from the ground.
Boeing 707
De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver
De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver
Boeing 707-121
Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
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