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Glacier landings can rattle your teeth out


bush-pilot-keller-glacier-landingMany of those ribbons of ice are deep enough that if a tire dropped into it you could hit a wing or have a prop strike.
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Legendary bush pilot passes away at age 84

Cliff Hudson started flying in Alaska in the 1940s, and even won the Exceptional Service Award for his role in a 1954 rescue.
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"If you have a daughter, teach her to fly"

That's what the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) of World War II sang at times to build morale.

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Alaska bush plane flying in Chile

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A Cessna 206 is hauling food and doctors to communities hit by February earthquake.

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The big city and the big wind

Alaska bush plane crashes in Palmer wind.In French, Palmer means "Where the freaking wind never stops blowing."

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The Iditarod Trail on hydraulic wheelskis (full version!)

Mees' full account of his time on the trail.
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New Alaska bush pilot documentary

Filmmaker Jim Oltersdorf answers questions about the creation of "Alaska's Bush Pilots . . . The Real Deal."

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Arctic aviation conference


Institute of the North is hosting Fairbanks conference in October.
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