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May 24—The Alaska State Troopers this week identified the pilots killed in the crash last month of a cargo plane loaded with fuel as 68-year-old Anchorage resident John Sliwinski and 63-year-old ...
The airport opened in 1951 and took over existing scheduled airline traffic to Fairbanks, which had previously used Ladd Army Airfield. [5] Alaska Airlines used Fairbanks as its main hub in the 1950s, with service to Seattle and Portland as well as intrastate service to Anchorage, Nome and other destinations. [6]
The Sikorsky S-92 owned by Cougar Helicopters issued a mayday after experiencing low oil pressure in the main gear-box and requesting emergency clearance to return to St. John's airport. The aircraft ditched in the North Atlantic approximately 10 minutes after issuing the mayday at 7:58 am ET resulting in 17 fatalities and 1 passenger rescued ...
The U.S. government acquired homesteads southeast of the town of Fairbanks beginning in 1938. From this 6 square miles (16 km 2 ) Ladd Field was created. The first aircraft to land there was a Douglas O-38 F, 33-324 , c/n 1177, in October 1940, which is now preserved in the National Museum of the United States Air Force . [ 7 ]
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — A Douglas DC-4 airplane crashed into the Tanana River near Fairbanks on Tuesday, Alaska State Troopers said. It was not immediately known how many people were on board. The website www.airlines.net said standard passenger seating for a DC-4 was 44 during its heyday, but most have been converted to freighters.
Frontier Flying Service (d/b/a Ravn Connect) was an American airline headquartered in Fairbanks, Alaska, United States. [1] It operated an extensive network of year-round scheduled commuter services and postal services to Alaska bush communities , primarily north of Fairbanks , as well as charter services to the lower 48 and Canada .
United Express Flight 6291 was a regularly scheduled United Express flight from Dulles International Airport near Washington, D.C. to Port Columbus International Airport in Columbus, Ohio. It was a service operated by Atlantic Coast Airlines on behalf of United Express. Late on the night of January 7, 1994, the British Aerospace Jetstream 41 ...
Wright Air Service is an American commuter airline based in Fairbanks, Alaska, United States. It was established by Al Wright and started operations in 1967 . It is located off the east ramp near the Fairbanks International Airport. [ 2 ]