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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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Pilot Barnhill of Pacific International Airways arrived in Nome, Alaska, yesterday evening with passenger Mrs. Cook from Nenana, marking the first pontoon plane landing on Bering Sea waters. He departed after noon today for Bethel and Akiak en route to Anchorage, carrying mail.
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Pilot Barnhill, of the Pacific International Airways of Alaska, stationed at Anchorage, arrived at Nome yesterday evening about 7 p.m. in a Fairchild plane on pontoons. He had as a passenger, Mrs. Cook, an investigator and official of the Office of Education, from Nenana from which place he flew from yesterday, Tuesday.
Barnhill was the first to land a pontoon "job" on the waters of Bering Sea. Following his landing he taxied up Snake River and moored his plane for the night.
Due to fog and adverse conditions he did not leave today until after noon, with Mrs. Cook as a returning passenger for Bethel and Akiak which places he will stop enroute to Anchorage. The plane carried a small sack of mail from Nenana.
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Nome
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Yesterday Evening About 7 P.M. (Tuesday); Today After Noon
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first pontoon plane landing on bering sea waters; plane moored overnight; departed with passenger and mail
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Pilot Barnhill arrived at Nome in a Fairchild plane on pontoons with passenger Mrs. Cook from Nenana. He taxied up Snake River and moored for the night due to fog. Departed after noon for Bethel, Akiak, and Anchorage, carrying mail.