the Last of the Bush Pilots [Mass Market Paperback]

Harmon Helmericks (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Ballantine Books (June 1974)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0345240057
• ISBN-13: 978-0345240057
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,625,454 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best of People, December 28, 2000

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R. Haines (La Crescent, MN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Last of the Bush Pilots (Paperback)

Harmon Helmericks doesn't just write about flying; he writes about people and place. Mostly he writes about people and he writes so respectfully. He even writes about their foibles without poking fun at them! One of my favorite passages is Chapter 20, 'Kisik,' in which he writes about a Native American couple. He tells a story of two of the world's great people, who he obviously counted as very dear friends. I can't find a mean word about a person in the whole book, and it is primarily a book about people.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent overview of bush flying in the 50th state., December 4, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Last of the Bush Pilots (Paperback)

This is a good book for any pilot who's dreamed of flying in Alaska. Helmericks was the real thing and he tells his story with great affection and respect for his fellow fliers.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Super BOOK! The Last of the Bush Pilots, March 24, 2006

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John P (The Woodlands, Houston, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Last of the Bush Pilots (Hardcover)

I found this book in a furniture store yrs ago as a decoration.

It is an INCREDIBLE book!!!!!!!!!! Harmon's adventures are amazing... death defying... and it is amazing the creative things he did to help people in rugged Alaska... They literally used bailing wire to hold things together. Real seat-of-the-pants stories... I loaned this to at least 4 people to read and even gave a copy to Jimmy Buffett, since he is a avid pilot and adventurer. I made sure I could get a 2nd copy for myself tho! ANYone who likes flying will love this book and not want to get rid of it!!!!!