McGrath FSS (MCG) Operations, Alaska
Operations area with view of one of the runways and parking apron.
McGrath FSS (MCG), Alaska
Exercise area of the McGrath Flight Service Station.
McGrath FSS (MCG) Housing, Alaska
McGrath FAA employees housing.
Submitted by Martha Ronaldson, daughter of above Arley Evans
Nenana Radio (ENN), Alaska, 1944
Arley Evans (1905-1980) working as a radio operator at Nenana Radio with his wife Bernice (see below photo). Arley was originally stationed at Nome Radio, his first Alaskan assignment, when World Ward II broke out.
Submitted by Martha Ronaldson, daughter of above Bernice Evans.
Nenana Radio (ENN), Alaska, 1944
Bernice Evans (1910-1999) working as a radio operator at Nenana Radio. Bernice’s daughter, Martha, said her mother was working in the local cafe and heard the news of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The CAA asked my mother if she’d like to join my father (see Arley Evans photo above) as a husband/wife team, so she attended the first class in Anchorage and was assigned to Nenana with her husband, Arley. There are many references to them in the Mukluk Telegraph (an Alaskan newsletter).
McGrath FSS (MCG), Alaska
FAA supplied apartment unit for FSS employees.
McGrath FSS (MCG), Alaska
The Flight Service Station was located on the second floor.
Photos Submitted by Tom Stovall
McGrath FSS (MCG), Alaska, 2012
The above and below photos depict the McGrath FSS during the winter of 2012.
McGrath is normally closed during the winter months but opened for the annual Iditarod dog sled race from Anchorage to Nome to support aircraft operations.
McGrath FSS (MCG), Alaska
Pilot weather briefing counter.
McGrath FSS (MCG), Alaska
The FSS Inflight position and facility kitchen area (left).
Kotzebue FSS (OTZ), Alaska, January 17, 2000
Equipment room supporting the FSS functions.
