Alaska's Bush Pilots - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Alaska's Bush Pilots write by Rob Stapleton with the Alaska Aviation Museum. This book was released on 2014. Alaska's Bush Pilots available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A thrilling ride alongside the daredevil aviators who first braved the unknown of Alaska's wilderness. Bush pilots are known as rough, tough, resourceful people who fly their aircraft into tight spots in the worst of weather. Alaska's bush pilots are all of that and more. Acting as pioneers in a land with 43,000 miles of coastline and North America's largest mountains, Alaska's bush pilots were and are visionaries of a lifestyle of freedom. Flying came late to Alaska but caught on quickly. The first flight was made over a three-day exhibition at Fairbanks, July 3-5, 1913. James Martin first flew that aircraft, owned by him and his wife, Lilly, and investors Arthur Williams and R.S. McDonald. Ever since, Alaskan bush pilots have found that they were calculators of their own fate, flying in fragile aircraft over vast stretches of tundra or through towering mountain passes. This book examines the pioneer aviators and the aircraft types such as the Stearman, Stinson, and Lockheed, many of which were tested and crashed in the far north regions of Alaska.
Bush Pilots of Alaska
Bush Pilots of Alaska - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Bush Pilots of Alaska write by Kim Heacox. This book was released on 1989. Bush Pilots of Alaska available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Take a deep breath, buckle your seat belt, and turn the pages of "Bush Pilots of Alaska". Each page is a vicarious thrill, each photo a window into the way Alaskans get around to live, work, and play.
Flying the Alaska Wild
Flying the Alaska Wild - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Flying the Alaska Wild write by Mort D. Mason. This book was released on 2002. Flying the Alaska Wild available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Imagine flying through wildly unpredictable weather conditions and over the unforgiving terrain of the Big Empty, with only yourself to rely on in life and death situations. This type of true grit adventure was a common occurrence for Alaska bush pilot Mort Mason, who encountered numerous white-knuckle situations while honing his skill--and his luck--in a profession that only a handful of pilots have had the stamina to endure. Flying the Alaska Wild is a heart-pounding, edge-of-the-chair collection of fascinating stories about the rough-and-tumble life of an Alaska bush pilot--straight from the pilot’s seat. Recounting thirty years of adventures, skilled storyteller Mason presents tales of his own experiences, and also tells the legendary stories of other old-time bush pilots.
Arctic Bush Pilot
Arctic Bush Pilot - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Arctic Bush Pilot write by James Anderson. This book was released on 2000. Arctic Bush Pilot available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Backed by Wien Airlines, former Navy combat pilot "Andy" Anderson pioneered post-World War II bush service to Alaska's vast Koyokuk River region serving miners, Natives, sportsmen, geologists, adventurers, and assorted bush rats. He flew mining equipment, gold, live wolves and sled dogs, you name it -- anything needed for life in the bush. He sweated out dozens of dangerous medical-emergency flights, "always at night and in terrible storms." Illustrated with 50 historical photos and co-authored by one of Alaska's most popular writers, ARCTIC BUSH PILOT is an exciting and sometimes nostalgic account of a pioneer pilot and his special place in Alaska aviation history.
The Alaska Bush Pilot Chronicles
The Alaska Bush Pilot Chronicles - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Alaska Bush Pilot Chronicles write by Mort Mason. This book was released on 2010-11-10. The Alaska Bush Pilot Chronicles available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Readers of Flying the Alaska Wild marveled at Mort Mason’s true tales of braving the elements at the extremes in a Piper Super Cub. But the bush pilot, adventurer, and raconteur was just beginning, and in this book he revisits his most memorable moments of flying by the seat of his pants through blizzards and white-outs, on assignments at times hazardous and sometimes simply whacky, always with a sense of humor and due respect for the limitless wilds of Alaska beneath his wings. The world of a bush pilot really is the final frontier, and for thirty years Mort Mason was there, clocking enough heart-stopping miles to make most life-stories utterly incredible. In The Alaska Bush Pilot Chronicles Mason recounts more of his unlikely adventures in the face of Alaska’s unforgiving weather and terrain. His stories gives readers the rare chance to experience the disappearing thrills and challenges of meeting the American frontier on its own unyielding terms.
