WINGS ABOVE THE ARCTIC is the first comprehensive photographic history of arctic aviation. Author Bruce McAllister has interviewed many veteran arctic pilots, some in their nineties, and gathered photographs from dozens of sources around the world. There are chapters on Russian, Canadian, and U.S. pilots who have accomplished extraordinary flying feats in the Arctic.
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Bruce McAllister is a photographer and pilot who has logged many of his 4,700 hours of flight time in the Far North. His book WINGS OVER THE ALASKA HIGHWAY (with Peter Corley-Smith) has received acclaim for its photography and unusual stories.
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On May 9, 1926, Navy Lieutenant Commander Richard E. Byrd and his pilot, Floyd Bennett, lay claim to be the first to fly over the North Pole, "demonstrating the feasibility of using aircraft in any part of the globe." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
message pouch, drifting station, ice reconnaissance, polar flight, ice station, ice island, bush pilot Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North Pole, Antarctic Museum, Canadian Arctic, Northwest Territories, Archive of the Arctic, Point Barrow, University of Alaska, Courtesy Ivan, Ron Sheardown, United States, Prudhoe Bay, Bud Helmericks, Far North, Josephine Ford, National Archives, Bernt Balchen, Bob Jacobs, Ladd Field, New York, Twin Otter, Randy Acord, Bob Gauchie, Brooks Range, Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame, Courtesy Robert New!
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On May 9, 1926, Navy Lieutenant Commander Richard E. Byrd and his pilot, Floyd Bennett, lay claim to be the first to fly over the North Pole, "demonstrating the feasibility of using aircraft in any part of the globe." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
message pouch, drifting station, ice reconnaissance, polar flight, ice station, ice island, bush pilot Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North Pole, Antarctic Museum, Canadian Arctic, Northwest Territories, Archive of the Arctic, Point Barrow, University of Alaska, Courtesy Ivan, Ron Sheardown, United States, Prudhoe Bay, Bud Helmericks, Far North, Josephine Ford, National Archives, Bernt Balchen, Bob Jacobs, Ladd Field, New York, Twin Otter, Randy Acord, Bob Gauchie, Brooks Range, Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame, Courtesy Robert New!
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- The Last of the Bush Pilots by Harmon Helmericks on page 103, page 105, and Back Matter
- Icebound in the Siberian Arctic by Robert Gleason in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Sledge Patrol: A WWII Epic of Escape, Survival, and Victory by David Howarth in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Last Hero, Charles A. Lindbergh by Walter Sanford Ross in Back Matter
- To the Arctic!: The Story of Northern Exploration from Earliest Times by Jeannette Mirsky in Back Matter
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- Wings over Denali: A Photographic History of Aviation in Denali National Park by Bruce McAllister on 4 pages
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