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Carl Benjamin "Ben" Eielson (July 20, 1897 – November 9, 1929) was an American aviator, bush pilot and explorer. Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska, Carl Ben Eielson Middle School Fargo, ND and Carl Ben Eielson Elementary School Grand Forks, ND as well as Ben Eielson Junior-Senior High School Eielson AFB, AK are named in his honor. [1] [2]
During another flight on November 9, 1929, to supply the crew and to salvage more of the valuable cargo, pilot Carl Ben Eielson and mechanic Frank Borland went missing in a storm 60 miles from Cape Schmidt [21] and were found dead after a weeks-long search operation - they had crashed.
Notable North Dakota aviators include Carl Ben Eielson, Bruce Peterson, and James Buchli. North Dakota's first aeronautical event was the flight of a Wright Model B on July 19, 1910, at the Grand Forks Air Meet flown by Wright Exhibition Team member Archibald Hoxsey. [1] Lucky Bob and a drawing of his airplane, 1911.
November 9 – American aviation pioneer Carl Ben Eielson and his mechanic Earl Borland die in the crash of their plane in Siberia while attempting to evacuate furs and personnel from the Nanuk, a cargo ship trapped in the ice at North Cape (now Mys Shmidta). [26] [27] [28] [29]
It was named for Carl Ben Eielson, an Alaska aviation pioneer who was killed, along with his mechanic Earl Borland, in the crash of their Hamilton H-45 aircraft in 1929. Eielson and Borland were attempting a rescue flight to an icebound ship in the Bering Sea when they were killed. On 1 April 1948, the Eielson Air Force Base Wing (Base ...
Nenana Municipal Airport covers 1,030 acres (420 ha) which contains two runways: 4L/22R with a 4,600 x 100 ft (1,402 x 30 m) asphalt pavement and 4R/22L with a 2,520 x 60 ft (768 x 18 m) turf surface. It also has a seaplane landing area designated 4W/22W which measures 3,601 x 100 ft (1,098 x 30 m). [1]
Apr. 27—The ice on the Tanana River went out early Saturday morning, stopping the clock in the Nenana Ice Classic, the century-old Interior Alaska river breakup guessing game. A 30-foot-tall ...
Eielson may refer to: Carl Benjamin Eielson (1897-1929), American aviator; Jorge Eduardo Eielson (1924-2006), Peruvian poet; Various facilities named for Carl Benjamin Eielson: Eielson Air Force Base, located near Fairbanks, Alaska; Ben Eielson Junior/Senior High School, located at Eielson AFB