Alaska bush flying

The Hangar Jun 26, 2026

Don Sheldon and the Mountain House - The Glacier Pilot Who Built a Home at the Roof of Alaska

Don Sheldon pioneered high-altitude glacier flying in the Alaska Range, built a wilderness hut at 5,800 feet by airlifting materials in a Cessna 180, and left behind a tradition that still defines Talkeetna flying today.

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The Hangar Jun 25, 2026

Harold 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.

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