ORAL HISTORY 2012-04 PT. 1. Holger Jorgensen talks about where he was born and raised on the Seward Peninsula, seeing his first airplane, Noel Wien, his interest in airplanes as a child, riding with Sig Wien when he was twelve years old, working for Sig Wien in Nome, taking flying lessons in Nome, preparing planes for flight especially in cold weather, using a fire pot to warm up the plane and a few disasters, working for Wien Airlines, pilots who would fly in bad weather, Les Bronson, Archie Ferguson, setting down when the weather was bad, deciding to be an instrument pilot, flying on the coast for three years, working for Al Wright, Ruby, Poldine Carlo, Johnny May, and how the weather affected his flying . Al Wright talks about Tanana Crossing, moving to Nenana, seeing his first plane in Nenana, his first airplane ride to Bettles, Steve Miscoff, working in Bettles for one summer, Noel and Sig Wien, packing down the runway with snowshoes, the mail coming into Nenana every two weeks, learning to fly, Bud Seltenreich, Al Lorenzo, working at a coal mine in Healy, Bob Hayford, operating as a bush pilot, the first time he flew with floats on his plane, navigating by following rivers, his Stinson plane catching fire while he was landing in Nenana, Hank Olsen, and flying to Tolovana at fifty below and having his plane quit.

ORAL HISTORY 2012-04 PT. 2. Al Wright talks about why he didn't use instruments when flying, flying a passenger to Anchorage, encountering bad weather and losing his navigation instruments on the return flight to Fairbanks, discovering that he had been transporting a bank robber, taking off one time with a six-foot ladder attached to his plane, and towing all the Fairbanks runway lights down to Nenana. Holger Jorgensen talks about working on the mail route out of Nome for Wien Airlines, his family enjoying Nome, Rosalie Jorgensen, working for Pete Haggland, flying the Dew Line and Dick King.