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List of Alaskan aviators

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A

  • Toivo Aho (ca1915-1938)
  • B

  • Harvey W. Barnhill (ca. 1902-ca. late 1950s), one of the founders of Barnhill & McGee Airways
  • Lucien Frank Barr (1903-1983), signer of the Alaska Constitution
  • Joe Barrows (1903-1983)
  • Elmer A.A. Bennett (b. ca. 1888)
  • Harry Blunt (1889-1985)
  • Vernon Bookwalter (1892-1975)
  • Edward "Lonnie" Brennan (1898-1967)
  • Hugh Brewster (d. 1950s)
  • Chet Browne (b. 1909)
  • Nathan C. "Nat" Browne (1895-1979)
  • C

  • Estol Call, pilot for McGee Airways
  • Robert "Bob" Carlson (d. 1937)
  • Jesse "Jack" Carr (not to be confused with the Jesse Carr who led Alaska's Teamsters Union Local 959 from the early 1960s to the early 1980s)
  • Pearl Laska Chamberlain (1909-2012), pilot and flight instructor based in Nome
  • Hakon Christensen (1902-1956)
  • Alonzo Cope (1897-1939)
  • John Milton Cross (1895-1981), pilot based in Kotzebue, signer of the Alaska Constitution
  • Joseph E. Crosson (1903-1949)
  • Marvel Crosson (1904-1929)
  • D

  • Roy S. Dickson (1901–1958), pilot for McGee Airways, Woodley Airways, and Star Air Lines; founder of Bering Sea Airways
  • James M. "Jim" Dodson (1902–1969), pilot for McGee Airways, Bowman Airways, and Noel Wien's family of air services; founded Jim Dodson Air Service
  • Frank G. Dorbandt (1893-1935)
  • Ed Dorrance (d. 1937)
  • Wesley Earl Dunkle (1887-1957)
  • E

  • Ben Easley (d. mid-1930s)
  • Anscel Eckmann
  • Carl Ben Eielson (1897-1929)
  • Jack Elliott, pilot for Mirow Air Service, Star Air Service
  • Robert E. "Bob" Ellis (1903-1994)
  • Don Emmons (d. 1959), pilot for Star Air Service
  • F

  • Ed Fageros, pilot for McGee Airways, Noel Wien's family of air services
  • Archie R. Ferguson (1895-1967), pilot based in Kotzebue, founded Ferguson Airways, later sold to Wien and ran Wien's Kotzebue hub
  • Frank R. Ferguson (1939-2003), son of Archie Ferguson, served in the Alaska Legislature during the 1970s and 1980s
  • Neal W. "Willie" Foster (1916-1979), pilot and air carrier operator based in Nome, served in the territorial and state senates
  • Richard Foster (1946-2009), son of Willie Foster, took over the family's air service
  • G

  • (Charles) Harold Gillam (1903-1943), pilot based in Fairbanks, founded Gillam Airways, later sold to Frank Barr
  • Don Glass (d. 1943), pilot for McGee Airways, Woodley Airways, Star Air Lines
  • Don H. Goodman (b. 1909), pilot for McGee Airways and Star Air Service; co-founder of Alaska Interior Airlines
  • William E. "Bill" Graham (b. ca. 1898)
  • Charles "Slim" Gropsis (d. 1936)
  • H

  • Murray Hall
  • Walter Hall
  • Jay Hammond (1922-2005)
  • Dick Hawley
  • Jack Herman
  • Art Hines
  • Alex Holden
  • Roy J. Holm (1913-2000)
  • Allen E. "Al" Horning (b. ca. 1908)
  • Percy M. Hubbard (b. ca. 1899)
  • Vern Hurlbert (b. 1938), pilot based in Bethel in the 1960s and 1970s, later served in the Alaska House of Representatives
  • J

  • Jack Jefford (1910-1979)
  • Arthur D. Johnson (1920-1961), Wien pilot based in Nome, was serving in the Alaska House at the time of his death in a plane crash
  • Jerry Jones
  • Roy F. Jones (1893-1974)
  • Holger "Jorgy" Jorgenson (b. 1927)
  • Herman "Herm" Joslyn (1905-1969)
  • K

  • James Maurice King (1900-1951)
  • M.D. "Kirk" Kirkpatrick (1902-1939)
  • Bill Knox
  • L

  • William L. "Bill" Lavery (1914-1983)
  • Herman Leardahl (1906-1983)
  • Bert Lien (d. 1966)
  • John H. "Johnny" Littley (1903-1994)
  • Al Lyle
  • John Lynn
  • M

  • Gordon MacKenzie (1894-1963), pilot for McGee Airways, Star Air Service, Woodley Airways, Mirow Air Service, Alaska Airlines
  • Linious "Mac" McGee (1897-1988), co-founder of Barnhill & McGee Airways, founder of McGee Airways
  • Owen E. Meals (1891-1974)
  • Russel Hyde Merrill (1894-1929)
  • Eugene A. "Gene" Meyring (1904-1975)
  • Steven E. "Steve" Mills (1896-1936), one of the founders of Star Air Service
  • Hans Mirow (d. 1939), pilot and founder of Mirow Air Service, based in Nome
  • Freddie Moller (d. 1944)
  • Alf Nikolai "Al" Monsen (d. 1947 in crash of Pan Am Flight 923)
  • John Wesley "Johnny" Moore (1907-1988), pilot for McGee Airways, Star Air Service, Mirow Air Service
  • Leo Moore
  • Herbert A. "Herb" Munter (1894-1970)
  • William "Bill" Munz, pilot and air carrier operator based in Nome; awarded the Air Medal by President Truman for his rescue of the crew of the downed B-29 "Clobbered Turkey"
  • N

  • Kenneth Wayne "Kenny" Neese (1903-1944), pilot for McGee Airways, Star Air Lines
  • Matt Nieminen (1897-1966)
  • Herbert B Nicholson (1914-1976), years active flying 1933-1956; owner of Nicholson Air Service - Alaska Air Express
  • O

  • Martin L. Olson, pilot and air carrier operator from Golovin, father of Donald Olson
  • P

  • Elbert E. "Al" Parmenter (1903-1978)
  • Jack Peck (1915-1978)
  • Ingrid Pederson, first person to fly a small airplane over the North Pole
  • Raymond Ingvard "Ray" Petersen (1912-2008), pilot for Star Airways, founded Ray Petersen Flying Service which became part of Northern Consolidated Airlines
  • Frank Pollack
  • R

  • Robert Campbell Reeve (1902-1980)
  • Pat Renahan (d. 1930)
  • S.E. Robbins
  • Victor "Vic" Ross (1896-1975)
  • Albert E. "Bert" Ruoff (1904-1950)
  • Charles H. "Charlie" Ruttan (died 1994), one of the founders of Star Air Service
  • Joseph Patrick "Joe" Ryan (b. 1936), pilot and flight instructor in Interior Alaska late 1970s – early 1990s, later served in the Alaska House
  • S

  • Woodie Salmon (b. 1952), pilot in the Yukon Flats region, later served in the Alaska House
  • Murrell Sasseen (1906-1974), pilot for McGee Airways, Star Airways, Mirow Air Service, Woodley Airways, Alaska Coastal Airlines
  • Ward Sattler (b. 1940), pilot based in Bethel in the 1960s and 1970s, father of Mary Sattler
  • Ralph Savory (1909-2010), pilot for Star Air Lines, Pacific Alaska Airways
  • George S. "Tony" Schwamm (1902-1966)
  • Clayton L. "Scotty" Scott (1905-2006)
  • Sheldon B. "Shell" Simmons (1908-1994)
  • Merle K. "Mudhole" Smith (1907-1981), pilot based in Cordova whose name is synonymous with the history of aviation in the Copper River and Prince William Sound regions, namesake of Cordova's main airport
  • Murray Stuart
  • V

  • A.J. Valley
  • Dan Victor (1901-1942), pilot for McGee Airways, Star Air Lines
  • W

  • Clarence E. "Slim" Walters (1914-2005)
  • Clyde Wann (d. 1967)
  • John E. "Jack" Waterworth (1906-1969), one of the founders of Star Air Service
  • Frank H. Whaley (1906-1997), awarded the Air Medal by President Truman for his rescue of the crew of the downed B-29 "Clobbered Turkey"
  • Samuel Otho "Sam" White (1891-1976), pioneering game warden and later bush pilot based in Fairbanks
  • Noel Wien (1899-1977)
  • Ralph Wien (1897-1930)
  • Sigurd "Sig" Wien (1903-1994)
  • Oscar Winchell (1903-1987) pilot for McGee Airways, founded Oscar Winchell Flying Service, co-founded Alaska Interior Airlines
  • Arthur Gordon "Art" Woodley (1906-1990)
  • Y

  • George E. "Ed" Young (b. 1893, d. early 1930s)
  • References

    List of Alaskan aviators Wikipedia