Only in Alaska: Lake Spenard (LHD)

Only in Alaska will you see traffic stopped for a float plane. This image was taken at the intersection of a Lakeshore Drive and a taxiway at Lake Spenard part of the Lake Hood Seaplane Base at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport the busiest float pond in the world. The complex consists of two lakes connected by […]

September sunset at Lake Hood Seaplane Base/PALH

Airplanes of Lake Hood Alaska | Alaskafoto - Alaska Aircraft photography & Alaska Air Cargo photography

Lake Hood Seaplane Base is the largest and most active seaplane base in the world. It is home to over 500 float planes and 500 aircraft on wheels that use the Lake Hood Gravel Strip Z41. Explore the best aircraft photography, environmental portraits and Aircraft portraits of Alaska –

L13 in a turn

Chuck Miller owner of Chaz Ltd. in Alaska is the owner/operator of this aircraft and  has used it to access hard to reach areas in Alaska due to its short field take off and landing  and slow flight characteristics. Called the Grasshopper the L13 was designed by Stinson  then a subsidiary of Consolidated Vultee but mass produced […]

Stearman Take Off…Look Again

While it appears that the Stearman Model 75 biplane is taking off from a winged object it is actually flying past the wing of this Catalina PBY wing on display at the Alaska Aviation Museum at Lake Hood Seaplane Base. Read about Lake Hood in the Alaska Dispatch online news site. Explore the best aircraft […]

A close up of the 1931 Fairchild Pilgrim

Aircraft Portraits & 1931 Fairchild Pilgrim | Alaskafoto - Aircraft photography

Here are a few images of the recently refurbished 1931 Fairchild Pilgrim flown by Terry Holiday and refurbished by a crew of museum volunteers at the Alaska Aviation Museum. Thanks to Terry Holliday, Chuck Miller, George Dohrman, Dick Benner, and Ed Rasmuson, EAA Chapter 42 and many others. All photos Copyright Rob Stapleton/ Alaskafoto 2013 […]