Pacific Coast Tour #8: The Alaska Peninsula
Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 7:26 pm[center]continued from part 7
A little less than fourty miles north-east from False Pass lies Cold Bay, a small town with around 60 inhabitants and one store,
called 'The Bearfoot Inn', which stocks a few, often outdated supplies. Cold Bay is one of the main commercial centers of the
Alaska Peninsula, and is home to Cold Bay Airport (PACD)
The town used to have a DEW Line Station nearby but it eventually was decommissioned.
Cold Bay Airport is one of the main airports serving the Alaska Peninsula. It's main runway is the fifth-largest in Alaska and was built
during World War II. Today, it is used by scheduled cargo flights (Alaska Central Express and Evergreen International Airlines), and
is sometimes used as an emergency diversion airport for passenger flights across the Pacific Ocean. Six aircraft are based
permanently at the airport and air taxi operators fly in and out of the airport daily. Cold Bay is home to a Peninsula Airways (PenAir) Hub.
Very nice scenery courtesy of MyWorld 2004 (I think). It even features some nicely modeled cows ...
I bought the Alaska Airports Scenery Enhancement Package last week, because I was still missing something 'nice' in my scenery,
especially at default airstrips. The very inexpensive (
A little less than fourty miles north-east from False Pass lies Cold Bay, a small town with around 60 inhabitants and one store,
called 'The Bearfoot Inn', which stocks a few, often outdated supplies. Cold Bay is one of the main commercial centers of the
Alaska Peninsula, and is home to Cold Bay Airport (PACD)
The town used to have a DEW Line Station nearby but it eventually was decommissioned.
Cold Bay Airport is one of the main airports serving the Alaska Peninsula. It's main runway is the fifth-largest in Alaska and was built
during World War II. Today, it is used by scheduled cargo flights (Alaska Central Express and Evergreen International Airlines), and
is sometimes used as an emergency diversion airport for passenger flights across the Pacific Ocean. Six aircraft are based
permanently at the airport and air taxi operators fly in and out of the airport daily. Cold Bay is home to a Peninsula Airways (PenAir) Hub.
Very nice scenery courtesy of MyWorld 2004 (I think). It even features some nicely modeled cows ...
I bought the Alaska Airports Scenery Enhancement Package last week, because I was still missing something 'nice' in my scenery,
especially at default airstrips. The very inexpensive (