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What it’s like to be a bush pilot at Alaska’s Ultima Thule Lodge, Chitina

What is a bush pilot? In the words of Paul Claus, owner of the Ultima Thule Lodge in Chitina, Alaska, this is a daring method ...
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5 White-Knuckle Tales from Bush Pilots Who Nearly Died, But Didn’t

Bush pilots are to Alaska what Pony Express riders were to the Wild West. For nearly 100 years they have tamed America’s last frontier by combining the raw survival skills and courage of explorers ...
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Alaska's skyboys : cowboy pilots and the myth of the last frontier / Katherine Johnson Ringsmuth

Introduction : Why Buck Taylor and not Buck Rogers? -- Cowboys, sourdoughs, and Alaska bush pilots -- Mines, mail, and mercy flights -- Mudflat takeoffs and glacier landings -- The copper belt line -- ...