Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
95.02.035
Accession#:
95.02
Credit Line:
Donated by the Sheldon B. Simmions Trust.
Object Name:
Model
Title:
Lockheed "VEGA" Aircraft Model
Date:
1970
Description:
Wood model of Lockheed "Vega" aircraft on floats. Painted blue and yellow, floats silver. Aircraft registration numerals on top right wing and both sides of rudder. Silver metal gear struts and stanchion wires. Plastic windscreen with blue painted lines. Small metal ring in lower part of tail rudder. Four silver windows painted on either side of fuselage. Wire representing Pitot tube angling forward 2.375 inches on left wing. Three red squares painted on top of wing above fuselage. Wire ladder 3.625 inches by 1.25 inches suspended by three wires attached by two eye screws in wings and one in fuselage joined by gold wedding band.
Inscription: "NC 47 M" on right .
"14 K" with logo in gold ring.
Notes:
See 95.02.001
Blue & yellow were colors of Alaska Coastal Airlines. NC 47 M flew in commericial aviation in Alaska 1933—58. See 95.02.012 brass data plate from Lockheed Vega.
People:
Simmons, Sheldon B.
Search Terms:
Aviation
Transportation
Pioneer
Wood