Bush pilots operate in remote areas worldwide with little operational support. Career success and survival require excellent backcountry flying skills, self-reliance and resourcefulness, and above all ...
Alaska’s tight-knit community of bush pilots came together in a big way this week to help save one of their own. Thanks to their coordination and efforts, the Alaska National Guard was able to rescue ...
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 ...
Thousands of outdoor adventure seekers flock to Kodiak Island to experience the wilds of Alaska through hunting, fishing and wildlife viewing expeditions; and Island Air Service makes those ...
It’s a solemn feeling, seeing a bush plane crash up close. This plane crashed near the author’s camp, the day after they left the area. Bush pilots are to Alaska what Pony Express riders were to the ...