Alaska Star Airlines  Lockheed 18-56 Lodestar  NC21707         (c/n  2511)

                                                

                                                       Alaska Star Airlines was formed in 1942  following the merger of Star Airlines with several
                                                       other smaller concerns.   The airline operated a motley fleet of various "bush" types, but also
                                                       acquired this Lodestar, an ex-military C-60A (42-56038) in answer to Pan American's Alaska
                                                       Division which had also put them into service.  It was named "Starliner Anchorage".  Alaska Star
                                                       Airlines became Alaska Airlines, Inc in 1944.