Download or read book A Vivid Memoir From An Alaska Bush Pilot written by Foster Kiepert and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-11 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Pilot Novel is a remarkable story of the courage and dedication of a push pilot! Arriving in Alaska, the author began his job in Cantwell, where he ferried mining equipment and supplies from the railroad to the placer mining operation. On many trips, he had to make use of "painfully short" landing fields, with one measuring less than 700 feet. He spent one year in Cantwell, learning much about flying in Alaska. The author's next job was even more challenging. He was the first pilot to fly a winter air mail route from Anchorage to Bristol Bay, flying for McGee Airways. Until 1935, mail to remote villages had been delivered by dog team.... With a dozen friends, he started Bering Sea Airways. He was chief - and only - pilot for the small outfit, flying a brand new Waco he purchased in Seattle. He describes the thrills and horrors of flying without benefit of radio, weather reports, or flight instruments, relying on his knowledge of landmarks and the lay of the land. Often the villages were hard to spot because they were so covered with drifting snow. He encountered the famous "woolies" of the Aleutians - winds he claimed, that rivaled small tornadoes - which were a danger to his small plane even if it was grounded, when "they would hit us with a bang and lift us off the ground and drop us with a thud"... The author was one of the first pilots in Alaska to install radio equipment on his plane. The radio came in handy the first time he had it along - before it had even been installed - when he was able to radio for help after his plane went down on an island lake in Prince William Sound. Those interested in aviation history and the challenges faced by native and early settlers in Alaska will find this book extremely useful and enjoyable reading.
Download or read book Arctic Bush Pilot written by James Anderson and published by Epicenter Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book The Alaska Bush Pilot Chronicles written by Mort Mason and published by Voyageur Press. This book was released on 2010-11-10 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Memoirs of an Alaska Bush Pilot written by Bob Byers and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book On a Wing and a Prayer written by Ralph Meloon and published by . This book was released on 2022-10-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his amazing, hilarious, and faith-building memoir, Ralph shares stories from his decades as an Alaskan bush pilot. From bear encounters to crashes, to flying in a plane duct-taped together, Ralph's stories are all true (although they seem to get better with time). If you are looking for a fascinating read that will increase your faith in God, make this your next book!
Download or read book In the Shadow of Eagles written by Jim Rearden and published by Graphic Arts Books. This book was released on 2014-04-04 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Shadow of Eagles is a uniquely American saga. Rudy Billberg’s story takes readers through the great age of aviation, from his first airplane ride in Minnesota in 1927 to his bush flying career in Alaska beginning in 1941. One of the authentic aviation pioneers, Billberg writes of his countless adventures and close calls during the decades; stunt flying in Midwestern air shows, flying out of Nome into the frozen Arctic, and more. Filled with history and insight, Billberg’s narrative chronicles the lives of many of his fellow Alaskan pilots, including the great pioneer airmen Joe Crosson, Harold Gillam, Noel Wien and Sam White, and tells of the early flying machines they all flew—Travel Airs, Pilgrims, Fairchilds, Bellancas. Rudy Billberg has given us a great story of his time.
Download or read book Jorgy written by Holger Jorgensen and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Jorgy" Jorgensen is a legendary Alaska Native bush pilot, but his life is much more than a great flying story. He was raised by his Inupiat Eskimo mother and his Norwegian gold-miner father in a tiny mining camp in interior Alaska. After his father's death during the Depression, when Jorgy was only seven, they lived a subsistence lifestyle: Jorgy worked in the gold mines, ran a trap line, and mushed dogs. He served in Mukluk Marston's Alaska Territorial Guard and was a sergeant by the age of 17. After Pearl Harbor, he became Sig Wien's fire potter and gas boy, and learned to fly. He operated a dragline in the summer, he was a boxing champion, and he singlehandedly desegregated Nome's movie theater. His flying career was equally varied: he flew all across Alaska, from the T-3 ice island delivering scientific equipment and supplies, to delivering cargoes of fresh fish in King Salmon, to moving reindeer from Hagemeister Island; he flew in Africa, Europe, the Middle East, the Far East, Canada. He flew from 1943 to 2001, logging more than 35,000 hours of flight time, with only one--minor--accident. Telling his extraordinary life story in spare, no-fuss fashion, this book allows a vivid glimpse into a tulmultuous and exciting period in aviation from the point of view of one of Alaska's early Native bush pilots.
Download or read book Memories from My Logbook written by Lynn Wyatt and published by Booklocker.com. This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young commercial pilot from California, who thinks he knows it all, moves to Alaska and becomes a bush pilot. He learns the hard way how to fly in the unforgiving weather and terrain. Actual stories from the pilot's log book are an exciting and informative read.
Download or read book In the Shadow of Eagles written by Rudy Billberg and published by Alaska Northwest Books. This book was released on 2009-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Filled with drama, history, and insight, a narrative chronicles the lives of the author's fellow Alaskan airmen such as Joe Crosson, Harold Gillam, Noel Wien, and Sam White, and tells of the early aircraft they all flew. Reissue.
Download or read book Bird in the Bush written by L. Jo King and published by Kiwe Pub. This book was released on 2008-03-01 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this collection of true stories, the author takes readers from a small Rocky Mountain town to the abandoned copper mines of the Wrangell Mountains, and all points in between, as she shares the reality of being an Alaskan bush pilot, flight instructor, and air traffic controller at a time and in a place where women were seen as less capable than their male counterparts.
Download or read book Learning to Be an Alaskan Bush Pilot written by Jerry Potter and published by . This book was released on 2003-11 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you are questioning the purpose of your job, reminiscing about career roads not taken, or worrying about the status of your retirement, this book may be for you. If you are overwhelmed by the onslaught of negative news or redefining what is important to you, these might be words you need to read. Wherever you are in life, but especially if you are experiencing a mid-life transition, you might view Soul Business as a catalyst to examining your own life and career. Soul Business: A Search for God at Work in Our Work expresses the roller coaster ride of two professionals who left management positions in corporate America and decided to make it on their own as entrepreneurs. Soul Business explores their journeys of faith and the Twelve Faith-Based Entrepreneurial Qualities that Laura and Paul believe are essential to blending work and spirituality. They write, “We found that working independently in today’s business landscape can be a lonely and frightening experience. Those that make it have faith—not only in themselves, but in something greater than themselves. We learned to follow our own internal compass for direction, rather than somebody else’s barometer of success. We discovered that the business we’re in is soul business.”
Download or read book Memories from My Log Book written by Lynn Wyatt and published by . This book was released on 1917-11-06 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adventures and hardships of flying wild Alaska on wheels, floats and ski planes
Download or read book In the Shadow of Eagles written by Rudy Billberg and published by . This book was released on 2009-06 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book My Year as an Alaskan Bush Pilot written by Robert M. Brantner and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2003-09-08 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is no available information at this time.
Download or read book Cowboys of the Sky written by Steve Levi and published by Publication Consultants. This book was released on 2008-04-01 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Sam O White Alaskan written by Jim Rearden and published by Graphic Arts Books. This book was released on 2014-04-04 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This was an excellent book about a true pioneer! A very interesting story about the life of an amazing man. Sam was generous, courageous, and a friend to everyone who had the privilege of knowing him." Sam O. White was a tough, deep-voiced, six-foot-tall, two-hundred-pound former Maine lumberjack and guide. From 1922, for half a century he crisscrossed wild Alaska by foot, with packhorses, dog teams, canoe, riverboat, and airplane. He helped map the Territory, trap fur, and became the world’s first flying game warden. White wrote exciting tales about his Alaska adventures, and those writings make up the bulk of this volume. In 1927, he arrived at Fort Yukon as a game warden when millions of dollars worth of fine arctic furs annually arrived there. The hardy frontier trappers considered the new game warden a joke, but he quickly taught them to respect conservation laws. He was frustrated by the impossibility of adequately patrolling thousands of square miles by dog team, boat, and on foot, so with his own money, he bought an airplane. Pioneer pilots Noel and Ralph Wien taught him how to fly it. White then startled remote trappers and others by suddenly arriving from the sky. In 1941, lack of backing from Juneau headquarters caused him to resign as a wildlife agent. At Fairbanks, Noel Wien made him Chief Pilot for Wien Airlines. For the next two decades White flew as an Alaskan bush pilot, admired for his flying skill and the superior service he provided residents who flew with him, and who depended upon him for receiving mail and supplies. He had countless friends—one hundred arrived for his seventieth birthday party. His integrity and principles were of the highest. Decades after his death, he is still spoken of with awe by the long-time Alaskans.
Download or read book Nine Lives of an Alaska Bush Pilot written by Ken Eichner and published by Taylor Press. This book was released on 2002-01 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawn to Alaska in 1938, Ken Eichner became one of Alaska's best-known rescue pilots, famous for taking a helicopter wherever it needed to go to save lives-often at the risk of his own.
