Arctic flying

The Hangar Sep 18, 2026

Carl Ben Eielson, the Fur Ship Nanuk, and the Arctic Search That Cost Alaska Its Greatest Bush Pilot

Carl Ben Eielson pioneered commercial aviation in Alaska before disappearing over the Bering Sea on November 9, 1929, sparking one of aviation history's most dangerous search operations.

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The Hangar Aug 25, 2026

Wop May, the Mad Trapper of Rat River, and the Arctic Manhunt That Put a Bush Pilot in the Sky Over the Northwest Territories in Nineteen Thirty-Two

How bush pilot Wop May flew a ski-equipped Bellanca Pacemaker through 55-below-zero temperatures to track the Mad Trapper of Rat River during Canada's most extraordinary wilderness manhunt in 1932.

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