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The Flying North
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Author : Jean Clark Potter
language : en
Publisher: Comstock Publishing
Release Date : 1977-03
The Flying North written by Jean Clark Potter and has been published by Comstock Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977-03 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The Flying North
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Author : Jean Potter
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-09-01
The Flying North written by Jean Potter and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-01 with categories.
In 1924, the first mail plane was flown in Alaska and the era of the bush pilot began. Ben Eielson, Noel Wien, Bob Reeve, Harold Gillam and Joe Crosson are not well known today but they along with many others successfully challenged the wilderness and created a legend that endures even in the twenty-first century. The bush pilot is as much a part of Alaskan lore as the northern lights, and shows no sign of fading away. Originally published in 1945, The Flying North returns in this stunning reissue which includes previously unpublished material from author Jean Potter. It is the only book written on Alaska's early days in the air that draws on personal interviews with the men who were there. The Flying North presents Alaska as it was during the daw
Over And Back A Daring Band Of American Pilots Flying North To South Into Mexico
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Author : Wild Bill Callahan
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2013-03-25
Over And Back A Daring Band Of American Pilots Flying North To South Into Mexico written by Wild Bill Callahan and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-25 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A fast-paced, riveting andvividly told story of unknown and true aviation adventure in the spirit of the legendary Air America. An abundance of actual photos accompany the 328 pages of text. Throughout, the author entertains with gut busting laughs and anecdotes of some truly extraordinary aviating the likes of which will never be seen again. Summer 1984. A lone, desperate pilot arrives in the blistering heat of the south Texas border city of McAllen. Searching for a flying job, he finds old aircraft flying south in the dead of night, their cabins overloaded with electronic contraband. They were headed for clandestine airstrips deep into Mexico's interior. With pockets full of hope and not much else, the pilot's fragile lives hung literally on both engines running. Read about the incredibleadventures, the hair raising escapes, the long prison terms and death that await them south of the border. Read about the inherent danger in flying the dark, sinister Sierras and landing at blacked out, improvised airstrips. Dealing with corruptand ruthless Mexican authorities, pilots found their well-being hung by a tenuous thread. Everyone, north and south, had a price. For more than a few, that price was death. "While not exactly a fountain of information, Chuck did manage to leave me with an uplifting reflection as I ambled away from his esteemed presence. I think he had sensed my apprehension. Offhandedly, he said that no one had been killed since early June. My pace slowed a bit as that uncertain benediction hit home like a June bug smackin' a Harley driver's eyeball. Whap! I took a quick look at my Seiko watch, a long-lived holdover from another asylum of anxiety called Vietnam. The day/date showed Jun/21. Maybe he meant last June? I thought. I turned to ask but changed my mind. With a somewhat dampened spirit, I returned to my metal abode for more contemplation. Keeping my options open grew more appealing for now."
First To Fly
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Author : Thomas C. Parramore
language : en
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Release Date : 2003-03-01
First To Fly written by Thomas C. Parramore and has been published by UNC Press Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-03-01 with Transportation categories.
A remarkable story filled with dreamers, inventors, scoundrels, and pioneering pilots, First to Fly recounts North Carolina's significant role in the early history of aviation. Beginning well before the Wright brothers' first powered flight at Kill
Polar Winds
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Author : Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail
language : en
Publisher: Dundurn
Release Date : 2014-09-10
Polar Winds written by Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail and has been published by Dundurn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-10 with Transportation categories.
Polar Winds traces a century of northern flight from balloonatics to bush pilots and beyond. "They were all gamblers and fortune seekers. They did things on their own — were independent people who wanted to be free to roam. They were good people, but, of course, some were loners or escapists. They all depended strictly on their wits." Joe McBryan, pilot and owner of Yellowknife-based Buffalo Airways, was talking about gold prospectors in the 1940s when he said this, but he could just as easily have been describing the aviators who have flown northern skies for over a hundred years. They were adventurers and pioneers, but also just men and women doing what was required to make a living north of the sixtieth parallel. Polar Winds uses the stories of these pilots and others to explore the greater history of air travel in the North, from the Klondike Gold Rush through to the end of the twentieth century. It encompasses everything from exploration flights to the North Pole in airships to passenger travel in jet liners; flying school buses for residential schools to indigenous pilots performing mercy flights; and from the harrowing crashes to the routine supply runs that make up daily life in the North. Above all, it is a unique history told through the experiences of northerners on the ground and in the sky.
The Ice Pilots
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Author : Michael Vlessides
language : en
Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre
Release Date : 2012
The Ice Pilots written by Michael Vlessides and has been published by Douglas & McIntyre this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Performing Arts categories.
A nail-biting tour whooshing through the Arctic air alongside the legendary ice pilots, whose story created an international television sensation. Based on the top-rated TV show now airing on History Channel and Global TV in Canada, and in eleven other countries around the world, The Ice Pilots follows a group of pilots in Yellowknife, Canada, and the extraordinary adventures of the most unorthodox flyboys on earth. Renegade Arctic airline Buffalo Airways defies the cold and the competition by using World War 2-era propeller planes to haul vital fuel, supplies and passengers to remote outposts across the world's last great wilderness of northern Canada. From rookie pilots trying to earn their wings in dangerous conditions to vintage planes that flew over Normandy on D-Day, The Ice Pilots brings its readers on an engaging romp through Arctic skies. The intrepid Michael Vlessides -- the writer behind Les Stroud's bestselling Survivorman books -- braves bone-chilling temperatures, treacherous landings and iconic owner "Buffalo" Joe McBryan's famous temper to capture behind-the-scenes stories about the ice pilots, the crew, the passengers and the communities they serve. Weaving in history about bush pilots, plane crashes and the north, Vlessides has crafted an entertaining, informative narrative about aviation: the lifeline of this remote and icy world.
Flying North South East And West
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Author : Captain Terry Reece
language : en
Publisher: Flyingnorth.com
Release Date : 2007-08
Flying North South East And West written by Captain Terry Reece and has been published by Flyingnorth.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-08 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
How can one pilot cram so much into a single lifetime? Climb into Captain Terry Reece's cockpit, fasten your seatbelt, and hold on for an exciting journey into the world of aviation. Born to a family of transplanted North Carolinians who moved to Washington State, a young Reece explored the hills of the Pacific Northwest. Hiking in the mountains and being a fire lookout gave him a taste of adventure, but he craved more-and he got it. Reece's first flying lesson ended in a cloud of billowing dust, ripped metal, and broken Plexiglas. But that didn't keep him grounded. Over the next few years, he navigated his Lockheed C-130 to steamy nights in Rangoon, risky undercover aircraft deliveries to Libya, icy Arctic expeditions, and desperate flights out of the desert with machine guns pointed at his gut, to landing Boeing jets on short, icy runways on Alaska's Aleutian Chain. Reece's entertaining biography delves into the fast-paced world of aviation and is filled with compassion, danger, bits of humor, and the follies of youth. It's also the remarkable tale of how Reece and his wife, Nancy, sought to keep his dream of flying alive through the years. From the freezing, isolated North Pole to the heat and heart of Africa, "Flying North South East and West" takes you to every direction on the compass and leads you to the adventure of a lifetime.
Wings Around The World
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Author : Polly Vacher
language : en
Publisher: Grub Street Publishing
Release Date : 2006-11-19
Wings Around The World written by Polly Vacher and has been published by Grub Street Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-11-19 with History categories.
A pilot’s account of her around-the-world adventure, including color photos. On May 6, 2003, Polly Vacher, a fifty-nine-year-old mother of three, took off from an airport in Birmingham, England, seeking to become the first pilot to complete a solo flight around the world, via both Poles, in a single-engine aircraft. Despite having only a few years of flying experience, Polly had already completed a lateral solo circumnavigation of the world in 2001 for the charity Flying Scholarships for the Disabled. This second challenge, for the same charity, would make that achievement look like a casual jaunt. There would be no margin for error. Her voyage to the ice was a thirty-five thousand–mile adventure in her Piper Dakota that would take her to at least thirty different countries on every single continent. She had prepared meticulously for two years, was fully insured, and had all the requisite permits and visas. With her kinetic enthusiasm, charm, and persistence, she had already garnered numerous sponsors. However, as she took off on that blustery spring day—flanked by a Hurricane and a Spitfire and waved off by her family and the Prince of Wales—she suddenly felt so alone. She had begun a remarkable expedition that would gain her three world records—but would also encounter extremes of weather and emotion, much kindness and obstruction, and a little political intrigue. This is the story of that adventure. “Truly inspirational.” —Aviation News
Smart Phonics Readers 5 4 Flying North
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Author : Aaron Siegel
language : ko
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-01-15
Smart Phonics Readers 5 4 Flying North written by Aaron Siegel and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-15 with categories.
Skypolaris A Record Breaking Global Flight
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Author : Miguel Angel Gordillo
language : en
Publisher: polflug.com
Release Date : 2021-04-25
Skypolaris A Record Breaking Global Flight written by Miguel Angel Gordillo and has been published by polflug.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-25 with Travel categories.
Miguel Angel Gordillo is the first man who circumnavigated the earth over both poles in a homebuilt aircraft under 1750 kg. In 2016 he covered 41,000 nm in two legs in the shape of an eight at extreme flight conditions over desert, jungle, mountains, ocean and ice. This earned him the world record of the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI). The scientific, aeronautical and personal challenges, experiences and encounters on his flight over both poles provided the extraordinary material for this book to document the uniqueness of his world record in words and pictures.