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Beautiful Downtown Anchorage, Alaska. Cook Inlet and Mt. Suisitna in background.
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Looking east to the Chugach Mountans over Elmendorf AFB.
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H-21B near Anchorage, Alaska 1968
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H-21B rescue hoist training. Note fiberglass wheel/skis on main gear.
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H-21 at Deshka River training camp.
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The "old" H-21B and the "new" HH-3E, May 1970
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Pre-contact position for inflight refueling. 105 knots airspeed.
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Pre-contact view from the cockpit.
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Taking on fuel. The refueling drogue trails behind and below the C-130 wing. After "contact", (connecting the H-3 refueling probe to the drogue) , the helicopter is positioned up and directly behind the C-130 wing. This location puts the helicopter in a "drafting" position and greatly reduces the power requirement. You could really feel the acceleration. You could do over 110 knots+ on a single engine.
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Mt. Redoubt west of Cook Inlet complete with glacier, "poofing" out some volcanic steam.
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Oil drilling rig in Cook Inlet.
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Mt. Katmai crater. It is still hot enough to keep from freezing even in the middle of winter.
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Midnight in June. Salmon fishing on Skilak Lake.
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Winter night scene over Elmendorf.
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The "Northern Lights", Aurora Borealis.
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Brian and Jeff snowmobiling on Swan Lake west of Talkeetna. Alaska Range and Mt. McKinley in background. 1970
Pictures contributed by: K. Hall
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