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Raymond W. Marshall, a wealthy international junk dealer who had made a fortune selling scrapped railroad equipment to South American companies, as well as other ventures. Robinson successfully concluded the negotiations, but then informed Woodley that Raymond Marshall would be the purchaser, not Art Woodley. Marshall was the new owner of the company!
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Woodley had been advised that he would have to change the Woodley Airways name to something other than his own name in order to be considered a serious contender for new routes by the CAB regulators. Woodley sent his attorney to Juneau to file papers that would change the name to Alaska Airlines.
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began giving the air services air mail contracts, the steady income helped the companies, and expanded the flights into additional remote villages. Previously mail had been delivered by steamships in the summer and dog teams in winter. In winter months from
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Fairbanks route, and Lavery Air Service for $ 60,000, gaining the Fairbanks–Anchorage route. On July 6, 1942, they renamed the expanded company Alaska Star Airlines. On December 8, 1942, they acquired Pollack Flying Service for $ 125,000, gaining the Fairbanks to Kuskokwim area routes. Mirow Air
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in the competition for business, government contracts and international attention. Originally these Anchorage air services were entirely unscheduled "bush" operations. They flew trappers, hunters, tourists, salesmen, sport fishermen, commercial fisherman and game hunters to destinations throughout
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north of Anchorage. Dunkle was interested in aviation and went to Seattle to take flying lessons, where he became friends with Mills and Waterworth. With aviation becoming popular in Alaska, many Alaskans wanted to learn to fly, but could not afford to go to Seattle for lessons. Dunkle encouraged
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in November 1936. In the spring of 1937, Neese quit as Star manager and returned to flying. McGee was called back to manage the struggling company for the last time. Charlie Ruttan, the last of the Star founders, left the company. McGee bought Alaska Interior Airlines, adding two pilots and two
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The attorney filed the documents, but neglected to pay the $ 15 filing fee. Alaska Star Airlines quickly filed the legal documents to rename their company, becoming Alaska Airlines on September 16, 1943, and the company was incorporated under its new name on May 2, 1944.
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Mills and Waterworth were anxious to start a flying school and charter business in Seattle with hopes of expanding to Alaska. Mills, who was married and the father of two sons, mortgaged his home, and he and Waterworth purchased a two-place Davis monoplane, and started
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mining operation to take over management of the company. He paid himself three percent of gross income until he accumulated all the money due him, then went back to mining. In 1935, Jack Waterworth's pilot's license was suspended for 6 months for flying stunts over
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to be emblematic of the North Star, which in the Arctic sky shines almost directly overhead. The company founders named the airplane the Northstar, and had originally considered naming their company North Star Airlines, but instead chose Star Air Service.
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with capitalization of $ 4,000. The company had some early success training student pilots, but their airplane was destroyed in a crash. Their financial backer helped them purchase a larger plane with an enclosed cabin which supported winter operations.
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in Anchorage on April 14, 1932, with capitalization of $ 4,000. Mills was chief pilot, Waterworth was an instructor, and Ruttan was business manager. Earl Dunkle along with a small group of miners and local flying enthusiasts made investments.
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Don Goodman approached several miners and businessmen and put together a corporation to buy Star Air Service, renaming it Star Air Lines on November 27, 1937. David Strandberg, a successful miner, and his sons were the major stockholders.
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the Territory. They flew from place to place delivering and picking up passengers and cargo, until getting a charter back to Anchorage. The pilots were often gone for weeks at a time before returning to home base.
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packages of seeds weighing less than a pound, and newspapers going to libraries or newspaper publishers were carried. Packages were held in Seattle until the summer months when they could be delivered by boat.
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area. The expanded company was renamed Alaska Star Airlines. In September 1943, after narrowly beating a competitor who was also filing for the name, the company was renamed again, becoming
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did everything possible to obtain approval for a route from Alaska to Seattle. The CAB ruled in favor of a Seattle route for Star in March 1941, but President
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423:Star Air Lines Bellanca in the snow.
223:Steven E. "Steve" Mills was born in
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2005:Roy Dickson 1930s Alaska Bush Pilot
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1304:. Alaska Airlines - Horizon Group.
261:, who had moved with his family to
1346:"Alaska Air Group Company History"
1244:"Alaska Airlines 75th Anniversary"
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3256:List of airline holding companies
3041:L-3 Flight International Aviation
2372:List of airline holding companies
1756:"Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum"
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1683:from the original on 2011-07-25
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1483:Honoring 100 Alaska Bush Pilots
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1170:from the original on 2009-08-27
365:Star Air Service Curtiss Robin.
167:was an American air service in
1545:"Ed Coates Airline Collection"
1429:"Business History of Carriers"
842:NC8419 (c/n 5-AT-58) Trimotor
196:businessman Raymond Marshall.
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2414:Airlines of the United States
1865:Brandley, Raymond H. (1981).
1643:"Civil Aircraft Registration"
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830:NC9651 (c/n 5-AT-34) Trimotor
507:Consolidation and acquisition
328:Pacific International Airways
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3149:Grand Canyon Scenic Airlines
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1809:Civil Aircraft Register - US
1394:McLaren and Dickson (2009).
441:Era of government regulation
148:Charles H. "Charlie" Ruttan
2773:Air Transport International
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1242:Glab, Jim (December 2007).
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