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Catalog Number:
1960.074
Location:
5656 TEXAS AVE
Description:
I tried to put down an impression only. I flew into the Sparrevohn installation in the interior from Ladd Air Base, Fairbanks. We were above the clouds all the way. Unlimited vision of a sea of white, the plane, the lives of the crew and passengers and, possibly at times, the life of someone awaiting the arrival of the panel--all depend upon the man in the nose handling the controls; on his ability to find the point on the map where he could set down and, upon finding it, to be able to bring the plane down thru the clouds at the very point in the rugged landscape where a tiny gravel runway had been carved out of the uninviting terrain. It was a thrill to feel the plane settle, to watch the flaps come down as we descended into the white masses surrounding us and, then through a small opening in the clouds, to see the too small looking strip below. The plane seemed so very small when compared to the magnitude of nature. I only wish I had the ability to put it on canvas adequately.