To Northern Aviation History
Dateline: April 9, 2013. Last update: August 14, 2024.
1941
January 11, 1941: New chain of airports to Alaska
1944
The Whitehorse Star, June 9, 1944.
August 20, 1944: Pan American World Airways plans Clipper service to Anchorage
1946
An ad in The Whitehorse Star of April 26, 1946, focusses on the impressive menu of meals served on their Clipper flights.
1949
An ad in a March 1949 issue of The Whitehorse Star: "This new Flying Clipper route gives the Yukon Territory direct one-carrier service to Hawaii, Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines, the Orient ... and on around the world. Two flights weekly via Portland and Seattle."