Alaska Airlines Douglas
Converted In Record Time
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Reconversion of Alaska Air
lines’ first new DC-3 from an
Army transport into a passenger
plane was started on February 24
in Atlanta, Georgia. Under the
supervision of the company’s new
superintendent of flight opera-(
tions, George C. Perry, the job
has been completed in record
time—approximately 10,000 man
hours. With the exception of a
, few radio parts which have not
yet arrived, the ship has been
ready for over a week to take off
for Anchorage.
The second of Alaska Airlines’
Douglas planes will be ready in
June. Both of these ships were
^ originally built for airline use, but
never flown in that capacity be
cause ATC needed them for the
Africa-India run. The Army tore
out all interior fittings and pas
senger accommodations. Plywood
floors were installed and fitted
for cargo tie-downs; and bucket
^ seats arranged along the sides for
Army personnel.
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Reconversion back into a pas-1
senger ship was a major overhaul.
The plane was taken completely
apart; landing gear and all steel
fittings magnafluxed; and every
part checked down to the tiniest
rivet. Army installations were re
moved; bulkheads installed or
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shifted; light-weight flooring put
down; heating and ventilating sys
tems adjusted; seats, headrails, in
terior linings, insulation, and
soundproofing replaced. This cost
about $50,000, or approximately
half the price of a new ship.
Perry reports that parts were
hard to get, and sometimes im
possible. For some of the heating
and ventilating units, jigs had to
be made, and parts built on the
spot. As soon as the radio parts
have arrived, Perry and pilot Bob
Long will fly the ship back to An
chorage. She will be christened
“Starliner Juneau.”
In 1846, the U. S. Navy con
demned the USS Allegheny, sec
ond U. S. iron warship, as un
suited for war purposes.
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Incoming pasengers Friday eve
ning were Roy Carpenter, Floyd
Eddy, Frank Laser, William Tay
lor, Mr. and Mrs. Marion Ander
son, Mr. and Mrs.. H. Beerman,
John Thorp, Joe Waller, and Stan
ley Thitely.
Outgoing pasengers were Mr.
and Mrs. H. Beerman.
ALASKA AIRLINES
Pilot Norman Weaver made a
trip ot Kotzebue, Deering and
Shismaref on Saturday with
ophie Noyopak and Albert Ulana.
He returned with Emerson Car
mon.
WIEN AIRLINES
Pilot Whaley made a trip Sun-!
day to Kotzebue and Norvik with
Ralph Weeks as passenger for the
Noatak, J. Fernander and Percy
Ipalook for Kotzebue. Julia
Gromtzeff was a passenger for
Wales on Saturday.
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TO OPERATE BOAT BETWEEN
NENANA AND GALENA
Lyman Culver, formerly of
Nome and Teller, where he was
employed by the Teller Commer
cial Co., has gone into business
with Bob McCombe and Chester
Burns and will operate a boat be
tween Nenana and Galena this
summer. For the past eight years
he has been with the Lomen
Commrcial Co. and was manager
of their Fairbanks Office.
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WIFE OF MISSIONARY
ILL AT KOTZEBUE
Percy Ipalook, missionary for
the Presbyterian Church at Wales
was called to Kotzebue, due to
the sudden illness of his wife, who
has been living there until trans
portation was available for her
and their children to go to Wales.
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precinct, Second divi
sion, TERRITORY OF
ALASKA.
In the Matter of the Estate of
MATT JACOB KUKI. Deceased.
No. 690
Notice To Creditors
NOTICE IS HEREBY GUfEN
that by Order of the Probate Court
in and for the Cape Nome Pre
cinct, Second Division, Territory
of Alaska, the undersigned has
been appointed Administrator of
the estate of Matt Jacob Kubi, de
ceased.
All persons having claims
against said estate should present
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tached within six months from
the date of this notice to the un
dersigned at Nome, Alaska.
Dated at Nome, Alaska, May 19,
1945.
C. C. TANNER, Administrator.
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