Noel Wien - Wikipedia
WEBNoel Wien (June 8, 1899 – July 19, 1977) was an American pioneer aviator. He was the founder of Wien Alaska Airways.
Noel Wien Public Library | Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK
WEBCentrally located in Fairbanks, Alaska, The Noel Wien library serves as a thriving community center. Situated near several schools, the library is a natural gathering spot for community children and teens and an excellent destination for class field trips.
Noel Wien: The Father of Alaskan Aviation - Disciples of Flight
WEBMay 26, 2015 · First and foremost among them is Noel Wien. Moving to Alaska in his mid-twenties, Wien would dedicate the remainder of his life to providing air transport to the state, breaking records and establishing commercial routes as a matter of course. He was the first to Fly from Fairbanks to Seattle.
100 years after Noel Wien’s historic Fairbanks flight, his likeness ...
WEBJul 4, 2024 · Noel Wien founded Wien Alaska Airways about three years after his 1924 journey. Planes occasionally soared overhead into and out of Fairbanks International Airport Tuesday, with their passengers and pilots quite possibly unaware of the parallelism that was not lost on those on the ground.
Noel Wien, Alaska's Aviation Trailblazer
WEBNot so with pioneering pilot Noel Wien, who got his start in flying as a stunt flyer in an aviation circus. Wien was a man of a few words, who didn't demand credit for exemplary acts, but rather earned it.
Noel Wien - National Aviation Hall of Fame
WEBBirth: June 8, 1899. Death: July 19, 1977 (aged 78) Noel Wien. First to fly from Fairbanks to Seattle, Fairbanks to Nome, beyond the Arctic Circle, across the Bering Strait, and was first to make a round-trip flight between Alaska and Asia.
Alaska Aviation Legends: Noel 'Merrill' Wien, the all-purpose …
WEBSep 11, 2014 · Noel "Merrill" Wien is one of 13 men and women selected to represent the next class of Alaska Aviation Legends, an annual project that recognizes the pioneers who made Alaska's aviation...
Wien, Noel, 1899-1977 | Archives Public Interface - Museum of …
WEBNoel Wien (June 8, 1899 – July 19, 1977) was an American pioneer aviator. He was the founder of Wien Air Alaska. Noel Wien was born on June 8, 1899 in Lake Nebagamon, Wisconsin.
Book Review – Noel Wien: Alaska Pioneer Bush Pilot
WEBOct 24, 2017 · The 1974 biography, Noel Wien: Alaska Pioneer Bush Pilot, by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ira Harkey, tracks Wien’s life from his birth in Minnesota in 1899, the son of Scandinavian immigrants, to his retirement years in Seattle in the 1970s, when he made monthly trips back to Alaska for board meetings of the airline that bore his name ...
Noel Wien and the Alaskan Frontier – April 4, 2024 - Robert Novell
WEBApr 4, 2024 · Noel Wien was the first person to fly from Fairbanks to Nome, the first to fly beyond the Arctic Circle, the first to fly across the Bering Strait, the first to fly from Fairbanks to Seattle, and last, but not least, the first …
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