Arctic Bush Pilot

Author : James Anderson,Jim Rearden
Publisher : Epicenter Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0945397836

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Arctic Bush Pilot by James Anderson,Jim Rearden Pdf

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.

Author : Don C. Braun,John C. Warren
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2000-07-24
Category : Air pilots
ISBN : 9780595003297

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The Arctic Fox by Don C. Braun,John C. Warren Pdf

The true life story of Canadian Arctic bush pilot Don C. Braun is must reading for aviation fans everywhere. His fireside narrative plus 32 pages of photos capture the spirit and adventures of the first man to land a wheeled aircraft at the North Pole. Born on a farm near St. Cloud, Minnesota, in 1913, Don built and flew a glider as a teenager and then operated an aircraft repair shop at Harlem Airport in Chicago in the 1930's. He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1941 and flew the North West Staging Route from Edmonton to Alaska. His first bush flying was in an RCAF Norseman during the war years, and he went on to become one of the best known and most respected Canadian Arctic bush pilots of his time. He joined with Max Ward in getting Wardair off the ground as a small charter operation out of Yellowknife in the 1950's. While Max grew Wardair into one of the world's premier charter airlines, Don preferred the cockpit and the North. His stories of close calls and life in the North always spoke his mind, and this handsome book does no less. The Artic Fox, as he was known in the North, was superbly resourceful, bailing himself out of tight situations almost daily in his days of High Arctic flying. A great pilot and an even better mechanic, Don shares details aviation fans will know and love. This is your book, pilots and all others who love flying.

Author : Bud Helmericks
Publisher : London : White Lion Publishers
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : Children's stories
ISBN : 0856861286

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Arctic Bush Pilot by Bud Helmericks Pdf

Fictional children's story about an Arctic bush pilot flying in Alaska and the Yukon Territory. Includes map and photographs, based on factual information.

Author : Anderson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1941890520

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Arctic Bush Pilot by Anderson Pdf

Author : L. D. Cross
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781927051849

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Flying on Instinct by L. D. Cross Pdf

They were nicknamed Snow Eagle, Flying Knight, Bush Angel, Punch, Doc and Wop. They worked in open cockpits and flew through cold, snow and fog without the benefit of radios, maps or weather reports. They flew over the Barrens, frozen lakes, boreal forests and mountain ranges by dead reckoning and line of sight. They landed on makeshift runways, glaciers, muskeg, tundra and glassy lakes. Comrades of the wilderness, they were Canada's early bush pilots. L.D. Cross brings us the incredible stories of the brave and enterprising pilots who rolled back the boundaries of western and northern Canada, delivering mail, medicine, miners and all the supplies needed by frontier settlements. Flying such planes as Curtiss, Bellanca, de Havilland, Fairchild, Junkers, Norseman, Stinson and Vickers, they were the off-roaders of aviation, venturing where no others dared to go. Climb into the cockpit with these pioneering pilots for an exciting trip into Canadian aviation history.

Author : Bill Quirk
Publisher : Publication Consultants
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781594333828

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Bush Pilot Way by Bill Quirk Pdf

Color-illustrated, Bush Pilot Way, focuses on flying small taildragger aircraft and landing them in remote and challenging terrain in wild Alaska. It presents the author's explanation of his aviation journey in Alaska. The journey displays the inspiration of flying in Alaska, defining who are Alaska's modern-day bush pilots, and showing the training necessary to become the best pilot you can be. It also presents the causes for the elevated aircraft accident rate in Alaska and how to avoid such incidences. Bush Pilot Way serves as a primer for training the Alaska bush pilot way. Once a pilot learns how to train according to the book, additional or new training can be carried out, without difficulty, because the pilot has already learned the foundation for training. Bush Pilot Way is a classical training manual because it is written in a contemporary style that is always current. As time goes forward, the strategy for training will remain the same. Fifty-two distinctive narratives comprising the appendix, show general aviation topics and authenticated experiences of a skilled pilot flying Alaska's uninhabited backcountry. The narratives include the inspiration of flying Alaska's coastal mountains, glaciers, and fjords; flying and landing in Alaska's backcountry in winter on skis and in summer on Bushwheels; flying wildlife surveys and observing rare wildlife encounters.

Author : Mort Mason
Publisher : Voyageur Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2010-11-10
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781616731410

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The Alaska Bush Pilot Chronicles by Mort Mason Pdf

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.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1935347454

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Arctic Bush Pilot by Anonim Pdf

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.

Author : Dominique Prinet
Publisher : Hancock House
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2021-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0888397550

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Flying to Extremes by Dominique Prinet Pdf

Recalling some of the most memorable escapades ever conducted in the Canadian Arctic with bush planes, Flying to Extremes takes place in the late ?60s and early ?70s from a base at Yellowknife, in the heart of the Northwest Territories. Beyond recounting so many near-mishaps, this book is also about colourful people: the trappers, prospectors, miners, adventurers and gold-ingot thieves who constituted the fauna at the main bar in Yellowknife in those days. For Arctic dreamers, there was always the flight to the Nahanni River, with its Deadman's Valley, hot springs, tales of lost or dead prospectors, the many airplanes crashed in pursuit of gold, and much more Nahanni lore. This entertaining book recollects Prinet's adventures as a young man while capturing the humour, beauty, danger and unique culture of northern communities, in the dramatic landscape of the Canadian Arctic. Readers familiar with the region and those who can only dream of visiting it will both find this title a nostalgic and captivating read.

Author : Kim Heacox
Publisher : Graphic Arts Books
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1558680128

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Bush Pilots of Alaska by Kim Heacox Pdf

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.

Author : Al Williams
Publisher : Hancock House
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0888391676

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Bush and Arctic Pilot by Al Williams Pdf

As I laid out my maps on the hotel floor that night I certainly had some doubts about my rusty abilities. I'm just a Saskatchewan farm boy, I thought to myself, what am I doing here, preparing to navigate into the Arctic? I pondered that question for some time. Bush and Arctic Pilot tells the story of Al Williams' life in aviation. Winging through the Canadian bush and into the North, Williams piloted thirty-five different aircraft types from Piper Cubs to DC-3's. Though he spent less time in the cockpit than many other pilots, few have shared their experiences so vividly. This title reveals the life and times of a Saskatchewan farm boy, whose goals led him to navigate the untamed North in his aviation adventures.Originally intended as recollections for his grandchildren and subsequent generations, Williams has created an interesting volume that adds to Canadian flying history. This book will be enjoyed by aviation buffs everywhere.

Author : Mort D. Mason
Publisher : Voyageur Press (MN)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Alaska
ISBN : 0896585891

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Flying the Alaska Wild by Mort D. Mason Pdf

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.

Author : Donald Conrad Braun,John C. Warren
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Bush pilots
ISBN : 0964283506

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The Arctic Fox by Donald Conrad Braun,John C. Warren Pdf

Author : John R. Chambers
Publisher : Seattle : Superior Publishing Company
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Air pilots
ISBN : WISC:89058279779

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Arctic Bush Mission by John R. Chambers Pdf

Missionary to the Anaktuvuk Eskimos, 1958-64.

Author : Steve Levi
Publisher : Publication Consultants
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2008-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781594332869

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Cowboys of the Sky by Steve Levi Pdf

For more than 80 years, bush pilots have carried supplies, delivered mail, and transported emergency personnel over Alaska's rugged terrain. They've flown with felons handcuffed to the seat, with corpses strapped to the wing, and with drugged polar bears sleeping in the cargo compartment. Ever since aviation came to Alaska planes have been far more important than cars or truck to the residents of the far-flung bush communities. In Cowboys of the Sky: The Story of Alaska's Bush Pilots, humorist and historian Steven C. Levi takes you on a wild ride through the heyday of aviation in Alaska, from the golden years, before federal regulations curbed the more dangerous and outlandish flying practices, all the way to the present. Through photographs and anecdotes, you'll meet brave and colorful pilots, the true cowboys of the sky who carved the face of America's Last Frontier.