Pilot Noel Wien and Mechanic William Yunker had just finished the first non-stop flight from Anchorage to Fairbanks in an open-cockpit biplane, weaving northward through reportedly dense smoke.

Mystery novelist and former journalist Stan Jones will headline the Fairbanks Library Foundation’s next Alaska Author Night ...

Noel "Merrill" Wien has to be one of the most diversified and experienced pilots of his time. With more than 30,000 accident-free hours of flying over the course of more than a half-century ...

One hundred years ago, Noel Wien piloted the first nonstop flight from Anchorage to Fairbanks, opening commercial aviation across Alaska. The kernel of an idea to quietly celebrate that remarkable ...

In 1928, Noel Wien's company was contracted to fly a Fox film crew up to Barrow to film scenes of Eskimo life and nature in the high Arctic. Wien offered Russ Merrill half the work of ferrying the ...

Both lines had colorful histories. In 1924, with his pi lot license No. 39 signed by Federation Aeronautique Internationale Official Orville Wright, Noel Wien brought his Misso Standard biplane to ...

Wien carried mail and people on routes between rural towns and villages, like Candle, Nome, and Point Hope. Source: Academic Famous Alaskan pilot Noel Wien established the carrier, and became ...

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTVF) - From Oct. 8 through 10, the Noel Wien Public Library will be hosting a Community Assistance Visit (CAV) put on by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). According to Public ...

Klick worked mainly as a mechanic, maintenance director, inspector and instructor for various Alaska airlines, including Wien Alaska Airlines, founded by pioneer bush pilot Noel Wien. Klick ...