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Wein and Alaska had a number of there 737-200s modified for landing on gravel runways. A number of airfields in Alaska were gravel and had regular scheduled service. Some of those runs have been discontinued.
Alaska switch from the aging 737-200 equipped for gravel runways and are using modified 737-400s now. I don't know what they have done for gravel problems. Wein and Alaska used there 737-200s for both passengers and freight to those outback airstrips. I have seen a picture of Alaska's 737-400s and they too have been modified for freight and passengers. Passengers are in the back, freight in the front.
Alaska switch from the aging 737-200 equipped for gravel runways and are using modified 737-400s now. I don't know what they have done for gravel problems. Wein and Alaska used there 737-200s for both passengers and freight to those outback airstrips. I have seen a picture of Alaska's 737-400s and they too have been modified for freight and passengers. Passengers are in the back, freight in the front.
Can later 737's (-300 up) be equipped for gravel? Just realized I've never seen one. Thanks!
awesome video
Richard your comment on Wien Air was right on. They were the ones that pioneered the landing on unimproved strips. Before this it was aircraft such as older models like the DC-6,DC-4,DC-3,C-130 and the F-227 models to get in and out. Also mustn't forget the Lockheed Electra and the YS-11's that Reeve Aleutian Airways also flew too.
some of the guys from Wien came down to Washington DC to start up Presidential Airways in 1985. Most names I can't remember, but a few were burned into my brain. Dennis Anderson, Herman,Ubelacker, Winkler, are just a few that taught me more about flying a 737 in bad weather than I thought imaginable. Absolutley true that many before them paved the way in prop driven equipment, but the guys listed above, and many that I don't know made it possible.
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Alaska-Airlines/Boeing-737-4Q8%28QC%29/2071981/L/&sid=e7290feaeca75d63d0f2558f451faaef