Pilgrim 100-B N709Y

Pilgrim 100-B N709Y
N709Y on display at the Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum
Type Pilgrim 100-B
Manufacturer American Airplane & Engine Corp (Fairchild)
Manufactured 1932
Registration N709Y
Preserved at Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum, Anchorage, Alaska Coordinates: 61°10′45″N 149°58′23″W / 61.17917°N 149.97306°W / 61.17917; -149.97306
Pilgrim 100B Aircraft
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
Location Anchorage, Alaska
Coordinates 61°10′45″N 149°58′23″W / 61.17917°N 149.97306°W / 61.17917; -149.97306
NRHP reference # 86002230[1]
AHRS # DIL-035
Added to NRHP August 7, 1986


Pilgrim 100-B N709Y is one of a few surviving aircraft from the early days of aviation in the history of Alaska. It is a single-engine aircraft built in 1932 by the American Airplane & Engine Corporation, of a type where only 10 were produced. This aircraft, and others like it, were used in the early days of Alaskan aviation to transport mail, people, and supplies, to all corners of the territory. At the time of its listing on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, it was the last Pilgrim that was still flightworthy and was stationed in Dillingham Airport.[2] It was acquired in 2001 by the Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum, which moved it to its actual location and uses it as a flying exhibit.[3]

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Notes
  1. ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Pilgrim 100B Aircraft". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-02-01.
  3. ↑ "Fairchild Pilgrim". Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum. Retrieved 2014-08-30.
Bibliography

  • "Fairchild 100." Aerofiles. Retrieved: 15 August 2009.
  • Swanborough, F.G. and Peter M. Bowers. United States Military Aircraft since 1909. London: Putnam, 1963. ISBN 0-85177-816-X.
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