Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Consequently, Gibson’s sales began to suffer. In 1957, Gibson president Ted McCarty decided that Gibson needed to restore its ...

Part of a continuing weekly series on Alaska history by local historian David Reamer. Have a question about Anchorage or Alaska history or an idea for a future article? Go to the form at the bottom of ...

William Samuel Henson and John Stringfellow—the Wright brothers before the Wright brothers existed—patented this flying car in 1841. The duo were never able to build a functional version of their ...

Anyone who knows anything about Alaska aviation history knows the name Wien. The family’s patriarch, Noel Wien, is arguably the state’s most celebrated pilot, and cofounded, with his brother Ralph, ...