Alaska's Bush Planes

Ned Rozell (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

80 Seiten

2013
Alaska Northwest Books (Verlag)
978-0-88240-866-8 (ISBN)

Artikel merken

The passion for flight has seized Alaska flyers—and those who yearn to fly to the Last Frontier—since 1913, when the first biplane arrived in crates via steamship and paddle-wheeler. In the decades to follow, Alaska’s skies buzzed with aircraft—some brand-new, others patched together, and still others lovingly restored to their original beauty. Alaska’s Bush Planes offers a brief history of flight in Alaska, then transports the reader on a visual journey with favorite aircraft, some of which have served for decades. It’s a perfect book for the pilot—or the pilot wannabe—who dreams of flying in the Northland.

Ned Rozell has walked, skied, driven, and flown across Alaska, and he's lived there more than half his life, so it must be home. He's written more than 700 weekly newspaper columns about natural history and science, and has written 80 more for Alaska Magazine. He has three Alaska-related books and counting; Walking My Dog, Jane, is about that hike across Alaska with a dog that won't come along again. His latest work is Alaska Tracks: Footprints in the Big Country from Ambler to Attu. Harmon "Bud" Helmericks was an Arctic explorer, bush pilot and author best known for writing The Last of the Bush Pilots. As one of Alaska's most famous bush pilots, Bud holds the Award of Merit, Territory of Alaska, for "Special Service in the Arctic Regions." He couldn't tell you exactly how many Alaska flight hours he had, because he tired of adding up his flight hours after logging more than 27,000 hours. He crossed thousands of miles of mostly uninhabited wilderness in small Cessnas on wheels, skis or pontoons. Bud is coauthor and author of several books that are now deemed collectible, among them We Live in the Arctic, We Live in Alaska, The Flight of the Arctic Tern, and The Last of the Bush Pilots.

Foreword: Those Who Flew
Introduction: Frontier Flight in the 21st Century
The Interior: A Silencing Cold
Southeast: Land of Mountains and Waterways
Southcentral: Gateway to the Bush
The Arctic: Above the Dazzling White
Western Alaska: Soaring O’er the Delta

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.5.2013
Illustrationen	Design Pics Inc.
Vorwort	""Bud"" Harmon Helmericks
Verlagsort	Portland
Sprache	englisch
Maße	203 x 177 mm
Themenwelt	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Luftfahrt / Raumfahrt
	Reiseführer ► Nord- / Mittelamerika ► USA
	Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau
	Technik ► Luft- / Raumfahrttechnik
ISBN-10	0-88240-866-6 / 0882408666
ISBN-13	978-0-88240-866-8 / 9780882408668
Zustand	Neuware