Cowboys of the Sky : The Story of Alaska's Bush Pilots

• Autore: Levi Steve
• Pubblicazione: Chicago : , : Publication Consultants, , 2008; ©2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (99 pages)
• Disciplina: 629.13092279800003
• Soggetto topico: Travel; Air pilots; Bush flying
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: For 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Cowboys of the Sky
• ISBN: 1-59433-286-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910164070203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II