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Alaska Airlines’ Fascinating Route To Adak Via Cold Bay
As of May 16, 2020, Alaska Airlines will be launching a 2x weekly flight from Anchorage to Adak via Cold Bay. The flight will be operated by a 737 on Wednesdays and Saturdays. What makes this route so special? Well, just look at a map and I’m sure you’ll appreciate how cool this flight is. The journey covers a distance of about ~1,250 miles one-way, and Cold Bay is right near the halfway point. This isn’t the first time that Alaska has flown to Adak (which makes up part of the Aleutian Islands),… (onemileatatime.com) Daha Fazlası...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Lived on Adak 76-78. Worked part-time (full-time Navy meteorologist) as ground crew for Reeve Aleutian Airlines. While in Adak, I also had the opportunity to visit other islands as well, Attu, Shemya, Amchitka, Sitkin, and Atka. Even though it was restricted, we still had cast of characters that flew through Adak. Jaques Cousteau's son in their seaplane, an Australian ferrying a crop duster from N. Carolina to Australia, a gentleman flying around the world in a single-engine Mooney, corporate jets, seaplanes, and some folks that just got lost and desperate, etc. Beautiful place, but nasty weather, but wouldn't trade that experience for anything, a true Alaskan adventure.
If we want to listen to some jerkoff say the exact same thing you just said we’ll watch that show on the Discovery Channel. “Whoa, Alaska, weather, look at me. Whoop-Di-doo!”
I started my aviation career in Cold Bay in 1958. Bob Reeve hired me to work for Reeve Aleutian Airlines. I spent the summer working on the ground there between High School and College before returning to Portland Oregon. I went on to fly Corporate aircraft, then United Airlines for 36 years starting in the DC-6 and then all the Boeing fleet. After UA went back to Corporate flying, which I'm still doing at 80. I have several of my own aircraft that I fly and maintain. It's been a good gig all started at CDB thanks to the "Glacier Pilot".
What year did you start at United? My father was a United DC-3, 4, 6, 7 and 8 pilot who retired in 1968.
I started in1966, retired in 2001. Looks like I got there just before your father retired. He would have been on the 8 while I was on the 6. I could have gone on the 727 or 8 but wanted to experience the 6 since I knew the rest of my career would be on jets. I was on the 6 for a year in SFO & SEA before moving to the 727. We actually did all our basic first officer training on the DC-7 which had been retired from line flying by then but used for training in DEN.
My dad retired in July 1968 and was mostly flying out of HNL at the time even though we lived in Seattle. We planned to spend a month in Hawaii that July, half before he retired and half after. Through coincidence my father ended up being the pilot of our flight to Hawaii too! He did fly once more in the cockpit in 1974 or '75 where our ORD-DCA flight was one seat short so he rode in the jump seat of the 727. His name was Hal Dahl by the way.
It's interesting that you flew the DC-7. My dad was a DC-7 pilot as well as I noted but was on it for not all that long, early 1954 until mid 1959 where he was pulled off to start DC-8 training.
Have you been through the United 727 at the Museum of Flight? It's like a time machine with its 1970s interior.
It's interesting that you flew the DC-7. My dad was a DC-7 pilot as well as I noted but was on it for not all that long, early 1954 until mid 1959 where he was pulled off to start DC-8 training.
Have you been through the United 727 at the Museum of Flight? It's like a time machine with its 1970s interior.
Outstanding. Before it’s too late, you must write a book abt your life experiences. May not be a best seller, but it would generate enough interest by a lot of people.