Explores the history of Alaskan aviation, discussing small plane piloting in the wildest territory of the United States.
Record details
ISBN:9780762773619 (hc.)
ISBN:0762773618 (hc.)
Physical Description:print xii, 242 p. ; 23 cm.
Publisher:Guilford, CT : Lyons Press, c2012.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 286-287).
Formatted Contents Note:
The truth about flying -- The question of why -- On the ramp -- Onto the ice -- Flying cloud -- The dead body contract -- Finding the walls of a box canyon -- On the other side of the mountains -- Mercy flight -- Dropping through a hole in the sky -- With Saint-Ex in South America -- The good pilot -- The worst cargo in the world -- The map of my dead pilots -- Getting lost -- What happened to Bryce Donovan -- Looking for Ben Eielson -- One hundred crash stories -- Our missing aviator -- Sam's story -- Reckoning.
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