Harold Gillam - the Alaska bush pilot no crash could kill - died in January 1943 trying to walk to help after putting his passengers down on a frozen mountain.
TaildraggerThe Valdez STOL Drag draws the country's most capable short-field pilots each May to a 13-foot elevation runway in Alaska where sea-level air and cool temperatures produce record-breaking performance.
RampEight died in a Cessna 441 charter crash in Alaska fog. Here's what's known, what isn't, and the weather-and-terrain lessons every pilot should take home.
TowerHow Noel Wien flew Fairbanks to Nome in 1925 and wrote the careful-pilot rules every bush pilot still lives by.
TaildraggerHow Bob Reeve turned Alaska's Valdez mudflats into a runway with metal-shod skis and became a legendary glacier pilot.
TaildraggerHow Bob Reeve, the Glacier Pilot of Valdez, used tidal mudflats and homemade skis to supply Alaska's gold mines by air.
TaildraggerHow Alaska bush pilot Don Sheldon landed a Super Cub on Denali's glaciers to fly injured climbers off the mountain one at a time.
TaildraggerThe Floatplane Pilot pack for MSFS 2024 drops pilots into Alaskan bush flying - here's what it can and can't teach a real aviator.
TowerHow Noel Wien flew a brakeless 1924 Standard biplane across an unmapped Alaska and wrote the rulebook for bush flying.
TaildraggerHow Alaska bush pilot Don Sheldon mastered glacier landings on Denali and founded the backcountry flying tradition still alive today.
TaildraggerHarold Gillam was Alaska's most technically disciplined bush pilot - and his final flight in January 1943 became one of the territory's most haunting stories.
TaildraggerThe Valdez Fly-In and STOL Competition is North America's premier short-field landing event, where backcountry pilots stop aircraft in under 100 feet against a backdrop of glacier peaks and Prince William Sound.
RampHarold Gillam, Alaska's legendary Ghost Pilot, vanished in January 1943 near Ketchikan - and four survivors endured 31 days in the wreckage before rescue.
TaildraggerLake Hood Seaplane Base in Anchorage is the world's busiest float plane facility with 800 based aircraft and 235 daily operations.
RampOn April 30, 1924, the Douglas World Cruiser Seattle crashed into an Alaskan mountainside, nearly ending the first-ever flight around the world.
TaildraggerHow four open-cockpit biplanes attempted the first flight around the world in 1924, and why Alaska nearly ended it all.
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