Photo taken and submitted by Brian Fortier
King Salmon Airport (AKN), Alaska, 1950
King Salmon FSS specialist, Brian Fortier’s, first airplane purchased in the summer of 1950.
This 1939 Piper J4 Cub Coup was purchased from Middlebury, VT and flown by the seller from Middlebury to King Salmon, Alaska. Total price of plane and delivery….$1100.00.
Kenai FSS (ENA), Alaska, December 1999
Supervisors desk located on the operations floor
Kenai FSS (ENA), Alaska 2005
Tracey Tideswell working at the Inflight position
Alaska’s own Digital Aviation Weather Network (DAWN) terminal (black monitor and keyboard) can be seen above the hanging handset on the left. Alaska Aviation Weather Briefing System (AAWBS), Alaska’s weather graphics system, is the white colored monitor and keyboard just to the right of the specialists head. Model One Full Capacity terminal is in front and slightly to left of the specialist. The panel of numerous aircraft radio frequencies is on the far right.
Ketchikan FSS (KTN), Alaska, date unknown
The FSS is located above the airline terminal building.
Photo taken and submitted by Brian Fortier
King Salmon Housing (AKN), Alaska, 1950
Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) housing for FAA personnel stationed at King Salmon, Alaska.
Photo taken and submitted by Brian Fortier
King Salmon Airport (AKN), Alaska, 1950
Skytel, an unusual hotel located on the King Salmon Airport. One end contained a restaurant run by a young man and his wife. The remainder of the building contained a single room full of double-decker Army cots. This was hotel accommodations for airline passengers booked for other destinations but detained by bad weather.
Kenai FSS (ENA), Alaska, December 1999
Operations floor
Kenai FSS (ENA), Alaska, December 1999
Christmas time on the operations floor
Kenai FSS (ENA), Alaska, December 1999
Operations floor
Kenai FSS (ENA), Alaska 2000
Operations area