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 story of Harold Gillam, the Alaska bush pilot who mastered instrument flight and flew through weather that grounded everyone else.
TaildraggerHow Noel Wien became the first pilot to cross the Arctic Circle in Alaska - and why his caution made him a legend.
TaildraggerHow Noel Wien became Alaska's greatest bush pilot and the first to fly commercially between North America and Asia - by being careful.
TaildraggerHow Alaska legend Harold Gillam pioneered instrument flying, never lost a passenger for 15 years, and died in a 1943 crash.
TaildraggerIn 1925, Noel Wien flew an open-cockpit Hisso Standard 500 miles from Fairbanks to Nome across Alaska no pilot had ever seen.
TaildraggerHow schoolteacher Carl Ben Eielson flew Alaska's first airmail, crossed both poles, and vanished on the Siberian ice at age 32.
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.
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