Don Sheldon, the Talkeetna Glacier Pilot, and the Super Cub That Turned Denali's Ice Into a Runway
How Alaska bush pilot Don Sheldon mastered glacier landings on Denali and founded the backcountry flying tradition still alive today.
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bush flying story
Harold 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 STOL Competition - Alaska's Annual Festival Where the World's Best Backcountry Pilots Land in Under a Hundred Feet
The 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, the Ghost Pilot of Alaska, and the Thirty-One Days in the Mountains Above Ketchikan
Harold 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 and the busiest float plane harbor on the planet
Lake Hood Seaplane Base in Anchorage is the world's busiest float plane facility with 800 based aircraft and 235 daily operations.
RampThe Douglas World Cruiser Seattle and the crash on April thirtieth, nineteen twenty-four that almost ended the first flight around the world
On April 30, 1924, the Douglas World Cruiser Seattle crashed into an Alaskan mountainside, nearly ending the first-ever flight around the world.
TaildraggerThe Douglas World Cruisers and the Alaskan gauntlet on the first flight around the world
How four open-cockpit biplanes attempted the first flight around the world in 1924, and why Alaska nearly ended it all.
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