2010 Hall of Fame Inductee

Shel Simmons

Shel Simmons
1908 Born
1929 Learned to Fly
1935 Formed Alaska Air Transport
1938 Used Bellanca NC47M in the rescue of survivors of the Patterson
1939 Formed Alaskan Coastal Airways
1962 Alaska Coastal merged with Ketchikan-based Ellis Airlines
1967 Merged with Alaska Airlines
1994

Dies at age 86

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