About
Early American aviator who founded the first airline in the state of Alaska. Over the course of his career as a pilot, he flew to the Arctic Circle and the Bering Strait.
Before Fame
He worked in the early 1920s as a barnstormer and stunt pilot for Clarence W. Hinck's Federated Fliers Flying Circus.
Trivia
He founded Wien Air Alaska in 1927.
Family Life
His brothers, Sig and Ralph, were also pilots. He married Ada Bering Arthurs in 1929; together, they had three children.
Associated With
He and Amelia Earhart were both famous aviators.
