Aviation in Alaska

airplane used for transportation to remote or underdeveloped destinations

Piloting small aircraft in remote areas

ALSIB (or the Northern Trace) was the Soviet Union portion of the Alaska-Siberian air road receiving Lend-Lease aircraft from the Northwest Staging Route. Aircraft manufactured in the United States were flown over this route for World War II combat service on the Eastern Front. right|thumb| Kathrine the Great and other Douglas A-20 Havocs waiting at Nome to fly west over the ALSIB.