Marine Airways was formed in Juneau in July 1936 and NC196N arrived in August. In 1939, Marine Airways and Alaska Air Transport joined forces, but their new name Alaska Coastal Airlines was not used until 1941 it seems. Photo taken on the Juneau waterfront, very close to the current seaplane base. NC196N operated on wheels occasionally and here they are about to hoist it up to put the floats back on. NC196N was called 'Shaky Jake' as it suffered from a persistent vibration. Nevertheless, it served the people of Juneau for over 30 years. It was preserved in Canada as CF-ATN. Photo by: Keith Petrich / SFO Museum

Rapid Air Lines Corp. moved from Rapid City (SD) to Omaha (NB) in early 1930 and at the same time changed its name to Rapid Air Transport Inc. This Bellance is seen here carrying both names. The logo also carries the airline's slogan "Safe and Sane Flying". The photo date is quoted as 29 Oct 1929, but this pre-dates the name change so may not be correct. Photo by: Nathaniel L. Dewell via History Nebraska

Registration cancelled in 1936. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution

Struck off charge in 1944. 610 was a US-made aircraft, not Canadian Vickers. Photo from: Ken Molson fonds - Ingenium

Given the RCAF serial 603 when they replaced the civil style registrations. Photo from: Library and Archives Canada

Destroyed by fire when spilled fuel ignited at Fort McMurray on December 27, 1935. Photo from: Library and Archives Canada

The Canadian air force used civil-style registrations on aircraft operated in roles such as aerial survey and fire patrols. Those still in service when this system ended were given military serials. G-CYVG became 608. Photo from: Library and Archives Canada

Operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force with a civil registration and undertaking civil operations such as aerial survey and forest patrols. G-CYWT left service in 1930. Photo from: Library and Archives Canada

A very rare airworthy Bellanca CH300 recently restored by Big Sky Stearman in nearby Sandy, OR. Owner Warren Wright, founder of North-Wright Airways, has moved the aircraft to Norman Wells, NWT where the airline is based. It now carries the period appropriate registration CF-ATN and flies on floats.

The Bellanca CH-200 Pacemaker was a six-seat, high-wing, single-engine utility aircraft built in the United States in the 1920s. It was a development of the Wright WB-2 that Bellanca had acquired the rights to in 1926 and was the first Bellanca-branded aircraft to gain a type certificate. The CH-200 was used in a number of pioneering long-distance flights and attempts on distance and endurance records. Bellanca further developed the earlier CH-200 to create the CH-300 Pacemaker. The CH-300 was a conventional, high-wing braced monoplane with fixed tailwheel undercarriage. Like other Bellanca

Pacific International Airways (PIA) was a small pioneering charter operator, operating out of Anchorage in the early 1930s. The airline was acquired by Pacific Alaska Airways on 15 October 1932. This NC295M eventually crashed in Alaska on 3- August 1936. Photo held by the Museum of Alaska Transportation and Industry. Photo from: Civil Aviation Historical Society, Melbourne, Australia