Bush Pilots Mayday

Author : Ken Forscutt
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1257088130
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bush Pilot's Mayday written by Ken Forscutt and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bush Pilots Mayday is a true life adventure based on the logbook entries and the recollections of fellow pilots. Ken flew a Cessna for 17 years into various places in Northwestern Canada, the Yukon, and Northwest Territories. His aircraft was equipped with a minimum of radio gear and all his navigation was done with the map and compass.

Author : Ken Forscutt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bush Pilot's Mayday written by Ken Forscutt and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Dan McCaffery
Publisher : James Lorimer & Company
ISBN 13 : 9781550287653
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bush Planes and Bush Pilots written by Dan McCaffery and published by James Lorimer & Company. This book was released on 2003-06 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In February 1932 legendary bush pilot Wilfrid May used his Bellanca Pacemaker to hunt down the notorious killer Albert Johnson, the "Mad Trapper of Rat River." Russ Baker used his Junkers W34 to pluck 24 men from a Yukon mountainside after three bombers crashed in apalling weather in 1942. Jack Hunter tracked rumrunners off the New Brunswick coast in his Fairchild. Bush Planes and Bush Pilots is the story of sixteen extraordinary aircraft found in the collections of Canada's aviation museums. It is a celebration of some of the greatest moments in Canadian history, when daring young pilots defied incredible odds to open up some of the nation's remotest regions to the outside world. Author Dan McCaffery highlights a diverse spectrum of planes from the pioneer era to the modern day; each plane is profiled individually, accompanied by historical and contemporary visuals and colour artwork. Bush Planes and Bush Pilots is an attractive book that will appeal to all who are interested in aviation history and the story of Canada's development as a nation.

Author : Eric Auxier
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781480279889
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Last Bush Pilots written by Eric Auxier and published by . This book was released on 2012-11-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TOP 100 FINALIST-AMAZON BREAKTHROUGH NOVEL AWARDS!"You won't want to put down THE LAST BUSH PILOTS while the midnight sun still shines."-Airways MagazineKINDLE EDITION: http://goo.gl/fRv9t--------"MAYDAY, MADAY! I'M GOING DOWN, I'M GOING D-"So begins the literary thrill ride that is "The Last Bush Pilots."Author, airline Captain and popular blogger Eric Auxier brings his former bush flying to life in his second novel, "The Last Bush Pilots."Two young pilots, Daniel "DC" Alva and Allen David Foley, take on the world's most dangerous flying: the Alaska bush. But Mother Nature-and a sexy Native Alaskan-stand in their way.Southeast Alaska Seaplanes, Juneau. Retired airline Captain Dusty Tucker pilots a renegade band of flying misfits. Meet legendary bush pilot Jake "Crash" Whitakker, equally adept at landing planes and ladies-and "crashin' 'em" as well; prankster pilot Ralph Olaphsen, who once set an extinct volcano ablaze on April Fool's Day; and no-nonsense Check Airman Holly Innes, trying to cut a respectable niche in the notoriously macho bush pilot world-while escaping a dangerous past.Amid Alaska's volatile skies, DC and Allen face escalating challenges in and out of the cockpit. As the two "cheechackos," or greenhorns, learn the ropes, they are also roped into Crash and Ralph's hare-brained scheme, "Operation Dirty Harry." Under the suspicious nose of Draconian FAA Inspector Frederick Bruner, the pilots hatch a plot to hijack and rescue a planeload of orphaned bear cubs. Moreover, mischievous Tlingit Indian Tonya Hunter, as wild and unpredictable as the land in which she lives, plays the two lovestruck cheechackos against each other.But the true villain of the story is Mother Nature herself. Alaska's notoriously fickle weather and rugged terrain take on a life of its own. Can the two cheechackos survive Her relentless onslaught and launch their fledgeling airline careers? "Eric Auxier is the next Tom Clancy of Aviation." -Tawni Waters, Author, "Beauty of the Broken," "Siren Song," Grand Prize Recipient - "Best Travel Writers of 2010.""With over 12,000 hours of Alaskan bush flying, reading 'The Last Bush Pilots' was like looking in a mirror. Nice work, Eric." -CloudDancer, Author, "CloudDancer's Alaskan Chronicles" "Eric paints a picture of flying with words that are every bit as beautiful and moving as anything ever drawn or photographed. " -Aviationguy.com"I flew through The Last Bush Pilots in one sitting, keeping my seatbelt securely fastened. A fast-paced tale, thoroughly enjoyed."-John Wegg, Editor Airways Magazine Visit www.lastbushpilots.com to view the 30-second trailer!

Author : Tony Foster
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595144837
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Bush Pilots written by Tony Foster and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2000-12 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: North America's vast land mass, sparse population, and deserted north were perfectly suited for aircraft operations on skis and pontoons. The bush pilots opened the North, exploring to its farthest reaches, establishing communication between isolated settlements, delivering supplies, medicines, medical assistance and the mail. They were superb pilots and mechanics, dare devils, barnstormers, inventors, and explorers. Operating without compasses, radios, or detailed maps, they built their awesome legends. The rest of the world soon followed their lead into the vast unmapped, untapped, and unexplored regions of the other continents.

Author : Jeff Wadley
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN 13 : 9781572331549
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mayday! Mayday! written by Jeff Wadley and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About 50 aircraft have crashed in the Great Smoky Mountains. This book details all known incidents and rescue efforts from 1920 to 2000, including those that occurred within the area before the establishment of the park in 1934. Stories are based on official documents, newspaper archives, and interviews with survivors, family members, and eyewitnesses. B & w photos are included. Wadley is a lieutenant colonel in the Tennessee Civil Air Patrol who serves as a mission coordinator and trainer in the Smoky Mountains. McCarter served as a backcountry ranger in Great Smoky National Park for 20 years. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR.

Author : Arnold Griese
Publisher : Publishing Consultants
ISBN 13 : 9781594330261
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bush Pilot written by Arnold Griese and published by Publishing Consultants. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early Alaska Aviator Harold Gillam, Sr. Lucky or Legend?

Author : D. W. Carter
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625845081
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mayday Over Wichita written by D. W. Carter and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013-08-20 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The little-known story of a major catastrophe in a 1960s African American community: A “commendable, if unsettling, account.” —Richard Kluger, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Simple Justice On the cold Saturday morning of January 16, 1965, a U.S. Air Force KC-135 tanker carrying thirty-one thousand gallons of jet fuel crashed into a congested African American neighborhood in Wichita, Kansas. When the fire and destruction finally subsided, forty-seven people—mostly African American children—were dead or injured, homes were completely destroyed and numerous families were splintered. As shocking as it may sound, the event was seemingly omitted from the historical record for nearly fifty years. Now, historian D. W. Carter examines the myths and realities of the crash while providing new insights about the horrific four-minute flight that forever changed the history of Kansas. Includes photographs

Author : Colonel Don G. Gaylor
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1450257836
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From Barnstorming to Bush Pilot written by Colonel Don G. Gaylor and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2010-11-29 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My life story began in 1915 and here it is ninety-four incredible years later. Sixty-seven of these years have been the story of Pegs and my life together. A most successful partnership! Our life has been unique in that together we have enjoyed an unusual panoply of adventures and excitement in exotic areas around the globe during some of the more turbulent and historical periods of the modern world. For us to have been a small, active participant, we are surely blessed.

Author : Dan Stratman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781732599208
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mayday written by Dan Stratman and published by . This book was released on 2018-08-22 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fasten your seat belt and raise your tray table because the ride is about to get terrifying! "From start to finish, this one will keep you on the edge of your floatable seat cushion." --Steve Berry, New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author "Stratman skyrockets the aviation thriller into the information age with this fast-paced, dramatic story. Drenched in authenticity that only comes from decades in the cockpit...Perfect in-flight reading material." -K.J. Howe, bestselling author of SKYJACK The Tech-Liner--appropriately christened the Spirit of Silicon Valley--is the most advanced airliner ever built. Its speed and luxurious amenities could usher in a new golden age of air travel. Struggling Alpha Airlines is betting its future on the new jet. But on its maiden voyage--packed with VIPs from government, industry, and banking--this state-of-the-art plane is also a prime target for attack. Capt. Mark Smith, former US Air Force pilot and now Alpha Airlines Chief Pilot, will need to draw on all his decades of experience to make sure that never happens. At thirty-five thousand feet above the ocean, things on his flight spin wildly out of control. Smith will need a decidedly old-school strategy to save this high-tech marvel. If you fly on the airlines, MAYDAY! is a must read. Learn what has the FAA so nervous in this fictional aviation thriller. Ever wonder what really happens in an airliner cockpit during a life-threatening emergency? Then this is a book you won't want to miss. Airline pilot Dan Stratman takes his readers where no passenger is ever allowed to go - past the armored steel cockpit door and into the pilot seat - transporting them on a terrifying journey that has a chilling resemblance to recent actual events. Only an experienced pilot like Captain Stratman could bring such authenticity and frightening realism to this story.