Arctic Bush Pilot

by Anderson, James

• ISBN13: 9780945397830
• ISBN10: 0945397836
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-07-01
• Publisher: Epicenter Pr

Summary

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."

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	5	(7)
Preface	7	(5)
Map	12	(3)
Introduction	15	(8)
To Alaska	23	(14)
Battleship Sailor	37	(8)
Navy Pilot	45	(16)
The T-Craft and the Cheechako	61	(16)
Wien Airlines	77	(14)
Building a Business	91	(16)
People Strange and Bewildering	107	(14)
Running out of Altitude, Common Sense---and Luck	121	(14)
Coping with the Arctic	135	(12)
Koyukuk Miners	147	(12)
Flying the Mail	159	(12)
A Day in My Life	171	(14)
The Crislers	185	(12)
Lost Pilots, Broken Airplanes, and Other Tragedies	197	(14)
Never a Dull Moment	211	(20)
Bush Planes	231	(14)
Farewell	245	(7)
About James L. Anderson	252	(1)
About Jim Rearden	253	(1)
Index	254