Anchorage from the air, Summer 1968

In the midst of my visit, I scheduled a day in Fairbanks, Alaska.  The two shots above are shortly after takeoff in the morning on an Alaska Airlines Convair 240 prop plane, the first time I ever actually flew on a piston engine aircraft.  In fact, I cannot recall any other time that I have flown on a piston engine aircraft--all of the Electras or YS-11s or Convair 580s were turboprops.  We did fly near Mt. McKinley en route but I don't appear to have taken any pictures going.  I would on the return trip on a more modern aircraft.

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