Noel Wien

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Noel Wien (1899–1977) was a pioneer aviator in the U.S. state of Alaska and founder of Wien Air Alaska, Alaska's first airline. Born in Lake Nebagamon, Wisconsin, Wien learned to fly from Ray Miller in 1921 and became a barnstormer in Clarence W. Hinck's Federated Fliers Flying Circus. He moved to Alaska in 1924.

The Noel Wien Public Library in Fairbanks, Alaska is named after him.

[edit] Sources

• Harkey, Ira B. (1999). Noel Wien: Alaska Pioneer Bush Pilot. Fairbanks: University of Alaska Press.