Wien Airways of Alaska Merges
With Northern Air Transport Inc.
UTILIZE N.A.T.
AIR EXPRESS
Air express speeds business and de
finitely aids commerce in America's
Northern Wonderland, where, the
year round, air transportation is the
major means of travel. Every year
thousands of pounds of mail, freight,
and express are sent from the Stat
es by leading merchants and busi
ness houses to their Alaskan custo
mers in care of N. A. T., conclusive
proof of Northern Air Transport’s
popular and dependable air express
service.
AN ACHIEVEMENT
IN SAFETY
N. A. T. has flown over two million
miles carrying over 5,000 passengers
without a single injury to passengers
or company personnel. A safety
record unsurpassed in the history
of Alaska Air Transport operation.
N. A. T.
PERSONNEL
Northern Air Transport planes are
flown by Transport pilots with many
thousands of hours of Alaska flying.
They are courteous and considerate,
and above all else, the safety, com
fort and welfare of the passenger
is their first consideration.
NOEL WIEN
“THE LINDRERGII OE ALASKA “
Started flying in June 1921 in St. Paul, Minnesota,
Flew from 1921 to 1922 out of Rochester barnstorming and
exhibition flying. In 1923 flew with the Federated Flyers
Flying Circus as a stunt pilot in all the central and Pacific
States, ending up in Texas, May 1924. Landed in Alaska
June 24 of the same year. Flying for the Alaska Air Trans
port. In 1925 he took a position as Pilot for the Fairbanks
Airplane Corporation.
Organized the Wien Alaska Airways in 1927 and
operated until sold out in 1929 to Carl Ren Lielson who was
then organizing the Alaska Airways.
Went out on an extended vacation September,
1929 and on return started flying for (lie Alaska Airways
and in the year 1932 organized the Wien Airways of Alaska.
Noel Wien is truly the Pioneer Aviator of Alaska
with a record of over 5,000 hours, having flown over 380,000
miles in Alaska without a single injury to passengers or to
himself. In all this flying has never had a major crack-up!
Pilot Wien made the first commercial flight be
tween Fairbanks and Nome. Was the first to fly commer
cially out of Nome. He was the first to fly across the Ber- j
ing Straits from Alaska to Siberia. The first to fly across the
Arctic Circle and also the first to fly a plane and land at
Eagle, Circle, Fort Yukon, Wiseman, Candle. Pt. Hope, Kot
zebue and many other places. He was the first to fly non
stop from Fairbanks to Bristol Bay district and the first
to carry passengers out of Anchorage. The first to fly from
Anchorage to Fairbanks.
Pilot Noel Wien in view of the late merger of the
two pioneer airplane companies will continue flying in the
capacity of Pilot for The Northern Air Transport, Inc.
THE PIONEER
LINE
Northern Air Transport. Inc,, is truly
named the "Pioneer I.ine", organized
in 1929 at Nome, Alaska, by a group
of Alaskan Pionrers with Alaskan
capital. These men of vision saw
the need of an air transport service
that would aid and develop the vast
resources of Alaska. The N. A. T.
continues to play an important part
in solving the transportation pro
blems of this great Territory.
SERVICE ANI)
EQUIPMENT
Northern Air Transport is furnish
ing fast, safe and dependable trans
portation to all parts of Alaska and
western Canada in warm, comfort
able cabin planes using wheels and
pontoons in the summer, and skiis in
the winter.
PASSENGER
INSURANCE
Each passenger is insured up to
$10,000 by the U. S. Aviation Insur
ance Group composed of twenty of
the most powerful and conservative
Life and Casualty Companies.
MAINTENANCE
The Northern Air Transport, Ine., maintains hangars at
both Nome and Fairbanks, where its fleet of planes is serviced by
mechanics licensed by the Department of Commerce.
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Northern Air Transport Inc.
FAIRBANKS and NOME, ALASKA
VICTOR ROSS, MANAGER