Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Signet of Phi Sigma Kappa, Vol. 33: January 1941
In comparing the totals by months it is interesting to note that the months Of November and February show the greatest average increases in all phases of activity. In this connection it is interest ing to note the extensive night flying in Alaska. During the summer months night flying is done in light hours, due to the midnight sun, nevertheless it is night flying even if it is light as late as midnight. Comparative figures for the past 10 years prove the importance and growth Of aviation to Alaskan life - social and economic. For the year ending June 30, 1930, there were flown miles as compared with for the year ending June 30, 1940, or an increase of more than ten-fold. Other figures indicating similar growth are the passengers per year 10 years ago as compared with the traveling by air last year. There were only pounds Of freight carried 10 years ago as compared with pounds carried by airplanes last year, and pounds of mail for the year ending June 30, 1930, as compared with the pounds last year. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
