Wien Alaska
Airlines Ford 5-AT-C NC8419 (c/n 58)
In 1936 the
name of Northern Air Transport, Inc was changed to Wien Alaska
Airlines. The
company
owned a motley
collection of rugged "bush" type aircraft at that time, one of which
this
Ford Tri-Motor. It is the same machine as illustrated in
the previous entry. It is seen
above in
this image from the Museum of
Alaska Transportation & Industry (via
Lars Opland). NC8419
was an ex-Northwest Airways
machine which was sold to Star Airlines before
passing to Northern
Air Transport in the early
1930s.