Alaska Aviation Museum, Lake Hood, Anchorage |
The Alaskan Historical Aircraft Society was formed in 1977 and by 1988 had collected sufficient exhibits to open to the public as the Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum. Located on the south bank of Lake Hood Seaplane Base, just half a mile from the terminals at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, and next to the Rust's Flying Service base, it has a fascinating collection of aircraft that helped establish aviation as a prime means of transport in Alaska. it is also a great place to observe seaplane activity on the Lake. The control cab has a balcony with a few seats that are ideal for viewing and photographing the seaplanes. Several of the aircraft are flown regularly, and the Stinson Reliant was being prepared for attendance at the Palmer Aviation Gathering. I watched it later taking off from Ted Stevens, and later still at the Gathering itself. They also have the DC-6 displayed further around the lake shore, a Fairchild 24 in the South Terminal at Ted Stevens, and a C-47 and C-119 stored on the airfield. These are all on my Ted Stevens A-D page. I spent a lot of 5 May here, unfortunately a day when there was a dining function in one of the hangars, causing the three aircraft in it, including the Pilgrim and the Goose, to be crowded into a corner, making photgraphing them less than optimal. |
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Beech C18S (UC-45F) floatplane | N1047B |
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Ex USAF 44-47342, N8011H, CF-PSU. |
Bell UH-1H Iroquois | 65-12849 |
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US Army |
Boeing 737-200C-Adv | N740AS |
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Alaska Airlines. Combi version "Mud Hen" with gravel deflector. Served Alaska from new to retirement (1981-2007). |
Canadian Vickers OA-10 Canso (Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina) | N57875 |
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Ex US Navy 67918, USAF 44-33954, N44BY. Made a forced landing in Dago Lake, Alaska in 1947. Recovered and brought to the museum in 1984. |
Curtiss P-40E Warhawk | 40-598 |
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USAF.Restoration hangar |
Douglas DC-6 (C-118A) | N43872 |
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Northern Air Cargo. Displayed by the lake, about a mile east of the Museum. Ex USAF 53-3294. |
Fairchild (American Airplane & Engine Corp) 100B Pilgrim | NC709Y (N709Y) |
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Rebuilt by the Museum in the early 2010s and on the National Register of Historic Places since 1980. |
Grumman G-21A (JRF-5) Goose | N789 |
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Ex US Navy 84807, US Department of the Interior Fish & Wildlife Service |
Grumman G-44A Widgeon | N13122 |
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McKinnon Super Widgeon conversion. Ex USN J4F-2 32958, then N69T, N89T, CF-KKF. |
Helio H-295 Super Courier | N6319V |
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Built as a rare HT-295 Trigear Courier. |
McDonnell Douglas F-15A Eagle | 74-0084 74-084 |
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USAF |
Noorduyn UC-64AS Norseman | N725E |
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Interior Airways, which went on to become MarkAir. Ex USAF 43-35433 and awaiting restoration. |
Observation Cab |
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The Orin Seybert Tower cab served Merrill Field from 1962 to 2002. | |
Piasecki CH-21B Work Horse | 54-4004 0-44004 |
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USAF |
Piper PA-18A Super Cub | N2869P (NR2869P) |
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Radioplane OQ-19B |
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US Army Basic Training Target (BTT) | |
Republic RC-3 Seabee | N66CB |
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Sikorsky S-43 front fuselage | N15062 NC15062 |
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Ex Reeve Aleutian Airways. Was used as a boat for a while. |
Ski exhibit |
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Stearman C2B (C2M) | N5415 (NC5415) |
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Built in 1929, this made the first landing and rescue on Mount McKinley (Denali) in 1932. |
Stinson V-74 Vigilant (L-1A, L-1F, O-49A) | 41-18915 118915 |
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USAF. Ex N704, N704E, NR1ZS (N1ZS) |
Stinson Vultee V-77 Reliant 1 | N79458 |
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Ex USAF 42-46675, RAF FK849. More photos on my Palmer Gathering page. |
Taylorcraft BC-12D Twosome | N5028M |
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Taylorcraft L-2M Grasshopper | N49178 ex 43-26509 326509 |
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USAF |
Taylorcraft L-2MK Grasshopper | N47648 |
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Travel Air S-6000B | NC8159 N8159 |
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Al Jones Airways |
Waco YKC-S floatplane | N14066 (NC14066) |
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Dillingham Air Service |