Northwest History. Alaska. Crosson, Joe.

• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1936
• Subjects: inside airway; Spokane Tanana; Alaska; Joe Crosson; Loon lake; Prince George; Whitehorse; Fairbanks; Nome; Flat; Juneau ' Alaskan airway; the Pacific coast; Pacific Alaska Airways; the Pan-American Airways; Sitka; Northwest; Pacific > History > 20th century; Pacific; Ketchikan
• Online Access: http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/90203

Crosson's Route Avoids Coast Perils. Crosson3s Route Avoids Coast Perils A flight of 2200 miles over the "inside airway" from Spokane to Alaska, was the goal of Pilot Joe Crosson when he took off from ice-covered Loon lake at 8:11 a. m. today. Feasibility of the southern portion of the route between Prince George and Spokane is shown in the numerous lakes and rivers, which afford excellent landing facilities for skis and floats. Pilot Crosson is acquainted with the route north from Prince George. The broken line is the route flown by Crosson, while the solid line from Whitehorse to Fairbanks, Tanana, Nome, Flat, Juneau, Sitka: and Ketchikan represents the already established Alaskan airway. The "inside airway" is generally from 150 to 200 miles east of the Pacific coast, and is protected from bad weather by the coast range. Tanana is the base of t'ne Pacific Alaska Airways, a subsidiary of the Pan-American Airways.