LEADER 02554nam 22004573 450 001 9910164070203321 005 20230721043426.0 010 $a1-59433-286-X 035 $a(CKB)3710000001057077 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6535195 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6535195 035 $a(OCoLC)1245670801 035 $a(BIP)039681448 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001057077 100 $a20210901d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aCowboys of the Sky $eThe Story of Alaska's Bush Pilots 210 1$aChicago :$cPublication Consultants,$d2008. 210 4$dİ2008. 215 $a1 online resource (99 pages) 327 $aIntro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Chapter 1: Alaska and the Bush Plane -- Chapter 2: Flying by the Seat of Your Pants -- Chapter 3: The age of Experimentation, the 1920s -- Chapter 4: The Technological age, the 1930s -- Chapter 5: The caa Arrives, the 1940s -- Chapter 6: The thousand Mile War -- Chapter 7: Post-War Alaska -- Chapter 8: The Tourism Boom -- Chapter 9: The View from the top of the World -- Source Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index. 330 8 $aFor more than 80 years, bush pilots have carried supplies, delivered mail, and transported emergency personnel over Alaska's rugged terrain. They've flown with felons handcuffed to the seat, with corpses strapped to the wing, and with drugged polar bears sleeping in the cargo compartment. Ever since aviation came to Alaska planes have been far more important than cars or truck to the residents of the far-flung bush communities. In Cowboys of the Sky: The Story of Alaska's Bush Pilots, humorist and historian Steven C. Levi takes you on a wild ride through the heyday of aviation in Alaska, from the golden years, before federal regulations curbed the more dangerous and outlandish flying practices, all the way to the present. Through photographs and anecdotes, you'll meet brave and colorful pilots, the true cowboys of the sky who carved the face of America's Last Frontier. 606 $aTravel 606 $aAir pilots 606 $aBush flying 615 0$aTravel. 615 0$aAir pilots. 615 0$aBush flying. 676 $a629.13092279800003 700 $aLevi$b Steve$0853349 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910164070203321 996 $aCowboys of the Sky$91905483 997 $aUNINA