Urban Rahoi, Interview 1, Part 1 |
This is the first part of a two part recording of Urban Rahoi speaking at the Pioneer Aviation Museum's public lecture series at Pioneer Park in Fairbanks, Alaska on November 20, 2012. A few days before this recording was made, Urban had passed a physical so he could keep flying at the age of 94. Urban talks about starting his flying career in 1934, learning to fly when he was young, his U.S. Air Force experience during World War II, flying B17s, returning home, and attending college. He then talks about coming to Alaska, working with Jim Magoffin and Al Wright at Interior Airways, getting to know interior Alaska, a rescue on Nome Creek, and crashing his plane in British Columbia after mechanical malfunction and his rescue. He also talks about an airplane crash in Fairbanks without any injuries, the different aircraft that he has flown, problems with flying a Norseman, sabotage of his airplanes in Fairbanks, his lodge on Ptarmigan Lake, his proposed route for the railroad, working as a hunting guide, and different hunting seasons before statehood.
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2012-24_PT.1 |
Pioneer Aviators |
Nov 20, 2012 |
Urban Rahoi, Interview 1, Part 2 |
This is the second part of a two part recording of Urban Rahoi speaking at the Pioneer Aviation Museum's public lecture series at Pioneer Park in Fairbanks, Alaska on November 20, 2012. He talks about about his remote hunting lodge at Partmigan Lake, the different cabins he built at the lodge, and flying B17s during World War II. On May 20, 2013 Urban realized one of his dreams, he flew a B-17 again. To read more about this, click here to vew the article that appeared about this event in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner.
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2012-24_PT.2 |
Pioneer Aviators |
Nov 20, 2012 |
Urban Rahoi, Interview 2, Part 1 |
Urban Rahoi was interviewed on March 8, 2014 by Karen Brewster and Barbara Cellarius at the National Park Service office in Fairbanks, Alaska. In this first part of a two part interview, Urban talks about getting started as a hunting guide in Alaska, lessons he learned from guiding, his thoughts on game management, and his experiences flying in Alaska.
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2013-14-07_PT.1 |
Wrangell-St.Elias National Park |
Mar 8, 2014 |
Urban Rahoi, Interview 2, Part 2 |
This is a continuation of the interview of Urban Rahoi on March 8, 2014 by Karen Brewster and Barbara Cellarius at the National Park Service office in Fairbanks, Alaska. In this second part of a two part interview, Urban talks about changes that occurred when Wrangell-St. Elias Natonal Park and Preserve was established, his lodge at Ptarmigan Lake, and his thoughts on retirement.
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2013-14-07_PT.2 |
Wrangell-St.Elias National Park |
Mar 8, 2014 |