Alaska Coastal Airlines Explained
Alaska Coastal Airlines was an airline in the United States. It was formed in 1939 as a result of the merger of Alaska Air Transport and Marine Airways. On April 1, 1962, Alaska Coastal Airlines merged with Ellis Air Lines[1] , trading for a while as Alaska Coastal-Ellis Airlines. Alaska Coastal Airlines was taken over by Alaska Airlines in April 1968.[2]
History
Alaska Air Transport was formed by Sheldon Bruce "Shell" Simmons (October 8, 1908 – November 16, 1994)[3] at Juneau in the summer of 1935 with one Stinson SM-2AC aircraft named Patco. Alaska Air Transport bought out Irving Airways in September 1936. Irving Airways had been started by Wilbur Irving at Juneau in the spring of 1936.
Marine Airways was formed by Alex Holden, Jim Davis and M E Monagle in Juneau in July 1936. Holden bought a Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker NC196N in August 1936. In 1938, Simmons used Bellanca NC47M in the rescue of survivors of the Patterson, an oceangoing freighter which had run aground at Cape Fairweather, 150 miles northwest of Juneau.[3] [4] In 1939, Simmons and Holden joined forces, forming Alaskan Coastal Airways.
Ellis Air Lines was formed in Ketchikan in 1936 by Robert Edmund "Bob" Ellis[5] (January 2, 1903 – May 8, 1994). At the time of the merger his fleet consisted of ten Grumman G-21 Goose amphibian aircraft.[6]
In 1945, Simmons went to Vancouver, BC, and purchased a Grumman G-21 Goose, formerly in the service of the Royal Canadian Air Force[7] On one occasion in the late 1960s, a woman had a baby in flight between Gustavus and Juneau.[8]
Alaska Island Airways was acquired by Alaska Coastal Airlines in 1954.[9]
Destinations
Alaska
Angoon, Annette, Baranof, Cape Pole, Chatham, Craig, Duncan Canal, Edna Bay, Elfin Cove, Excursion Inlet, Funter, Gustavus, Haines, Hawk Inlet, Hollis, Hoonah, Hydaburg, Juneau, Kake, Kasaan, Ketchikan, Klawock, Pelican, Petersburg, Port Alexander, Port Armstrong, Point Baker, Port Walter, Rogers Point, Saginaw Bay, Sitka, Skagway, Steamboat Bay, Taku Lodge, Tenakee, Thorne Bay, Todd, Tokeen. Washington Bay, Wrangell.
British Columbia
Prince Rupert, Tulsequah.
Accidents
- 1948 - Kingbird NC622V written off at Tulsequah, BC.[10]
- November 14, 1952 - Vega NC49M destroyed by fire at Sitka.[11]
- January 5, 1958 - Vega NC47M written off near Tanakee. Pilot killed, two passengers injured.
- January 20, 1964 - Goose N79914 accident at Petersburg.[12]
- October 2, 1964 - Catalina N4936V written off at Otter Lake, flight attendant killed.[13] [14]
- August 21, 1966 - Goose N88820 written off near Juneau. Nine killed.[15]
- August 30, 1967 - Goose N74588 accident at Prince Rupert, Canada.[16]
Fleet
See also
References
- Book: Cohen, Stan. 1988. Flying Beats Work. The Story of Reeve Aleutian Airways. Pictorial Histories Publishing Company. Missoula. 0-933126-98-0.
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Yahoo | Mail, Weather, Search, Politics, News, Finance, Sports & Videos . https://web.archive.org/web/20091021063854/http://geocities.com/alaskangoose/Ellis-A-L-Fleet.html . 2009-10-21 .
- http://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/alc.htm Alaska Coastal Airlines
- http://www.juneau.lib.ak.us/parksrec/museum/forms/GCM/readarticle.php?UID=1018&newxtkey=Juneau library
- http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3901/is_199902/ai_n8844249/pg_4 Findarticles.com
- Web site: Stories in the News - Ketchikan, Alaska - June Allen .
- Web site: Geocities . https://web.archive.org/web/20091020080924/http://geocities.com/Alaskangoose/Ellis-A-L.html . 2009-10-20 . dead .
- http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3901/is_199902/ai_n8844249/pg_3 Findarticles.com
- http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3901/is_199902/ai_n8844249/pg_5 Findarticles.com
- Web site: Alaska Island Airways . Airline History . 25 January 2020.
- Web site: General Aviation News. https://archive.today/20070709064846/http://www.generalaviationnews.com/editorial/articledetail.lasso?-token.key=632&-token.src=column&-nothing. dead. 2007-07-09. 2008-01-14.
- http://www.dmairfield.com/airplanes/NC49M/index.html DMAirfield.com
- https://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=167&key=0 NTSB
- http://www.mcblah.com/XStories/Rant_39.htm
- http://www.mcblah.com/XStories/Rant_40.htm Mcblah.com
- Web site: 1966. www.planecrashinfo.com.
- https://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=17019&key=0 NTSB
- http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3901/is_199902/ai_n8844249/pg_2 Findarticles.com
- Web site: Juneau Floatplane History. https://web.archive.org/web/20080119051100/http://www.wingsairways.com/juneau-floatplane-history.html. dead. January 19, 2008.
- http://www.geocities.com/~aeromoe/fleets/as.html Geocities
- http://www.geocities.com/alaskangoose/AC-EA-Fleet2.html Geocities
- http://www.xs4all.nl/~rioolpw/cv240.html xs4all.com
- http://www.aussieairliners.org/convairr/vh-tap/vhtap.html Ozairliners
- http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3901/is_200605/ai_n16139107 Findarticles.com
- Web site: Ellis Airlines Fleet . https://web.archive.org/web/20091021072422/http://geocities.com/alaskangoose/AC-EA-Fleet.html . 2009-10-21 . dead .
- none. Skyways. July 1995. 15.
- http://www.wdaguy.com/goose.html Widaguy
- http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3901/is_199902/ai_n8844249 Findarticles.com
- Web site: ACA Fleet . https://web.archive.org/web/20091021082114/http://geocities.com/alaskangoose/ACA-Fleet.html . 2009-10-21 . dead .
- http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3901/is_199902/ai_n8844249/pg_7 Findarticles.com
- http://vilda.alaska.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/cdmg21&CISOPTR=2702&REC=7&DMSCALE=100&DMWIDTH=1440&DMHEIGHT=2000 Alaska.edu
- http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/N71097.html Airportdata.com