WINGS OVER THE ALASKA HIGHWAY is a quality photographic history of aviation's role in the development of the Alaska Highway. It includes stories on resourceful Bush pilots, chapters on the key airports along the highway, Russian-American Lend Lease Program, and the Million Dollar Valley (where an entire flight of B-26 planes crash-landed and all survived).
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The mixture of long-ago pictures and contemporary photos brings a "you-are-there" immediacy to this eloquent reminder ... -- Canadian Flight
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Bruce McAllister is a photographer and 4,700-hour pilot who has flown the Alaska Highway many times and worked on assignment in the Amazon, Far East, Middle East, and Africa. Coauthor Peter Corley-Smith served as a World War II Royal Air Force pilot and has authored several books on aviation.
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Beautiful and Informative Photography,
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The book is filled with fabulous new photographs and fascinating archival shots. A clearly written history of the Alaskan Highway, dramatically colored with the lore and legend of the pilots of the North Country, it chronicles the critical influence of air transport on the development and history of the highway. Anyone who has flown or driven the highway will enjoy this book.
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A BOOK FOR YOUR NORTHERN BOOKCASE,
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This review is from: Wings over the Alaska Highway: A Photographic History of Aviation on the Alaska Highway (Paperback)
This is a really great book. I have flown the AK highway many times, and this book has added to my knowledge and appreciation of the history of the Northern route. A great book with really good photos and bits of history that is seldom visited.
I also recommend FLYING NORTH SOUTH EAST AND WEST, another great book on flying in the North Country. Flying North South East and West: Arctic to the Sahara
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The history on the construction of airports was shallow. There are probably over a hundred general aviation pilots that fly the highway just in the summer so it is not that uncommon. This is just another aviation book on Alaska using pictures to substitute for the lack of research into the history. For those of us that fly each time we get into our airplanes is a whole new experience and we could write more about it than is in this entire book.
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As early as 1940, the United States and Canadian governments were becoming increasingly concerned about the growing aggressiveness of Japan. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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World War, Fort Nelson, Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Northwest Staging Route, United States, Beaver Creek, Bob Reeve, Liard River, Prince George, Kluane Lake, Northern Airways, Russ Baker, Silver City, Smith River, White Pass, Wiley Post, Herman Peterson, Ladd Field, Noel Wien, Pearl Harbor, Point Barrow, Will Rogers, Yukon Southern Air Transport, Canadian Airways New!
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As early as 1940, the United States and Canadian governments were becoming increasingly concerned about the growing aggressiveness of Japan. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
bush pilot Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
World War, Fort Nelson, Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Northwest Staging Route, United States, Beaver Creek, Bob Reeve, Liard River, Prince George, Kluane Lake, Northern Airways, Russ Baker, Silver City, Smith River, White Pass, Wiley Post, Herman Peterson, Ladd Field, Noel Wien, Pearl Harbor, Point Barrow, Will Rogers, Yukon Southern Air Transport, Canadian Airways New!
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- The Spirit of St. Louis (Scribner Classic) by Charles A. Lindbergh on page 113, page 115, and page 117
- Spirit Of St. Louis by Charles A. Lindbergh on page 113, page 115, and page 117
- Second World War (What Families Were Like) by Fiona Reynoldson on page 187, and page 190
- British Columbia (Discover Canada) by Isabel Nanton on page 121, and page 186
- Flying the Frontiers (Volume 2) by Shirlee Smith Matheson on page 87, and Back Matter
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- Bushplanes by Geza Szurovy in Back Matter
- Wings over Denali: A Photographic History of Aviation in Denali National Park by Bruce McAllister in Back Matter
- Wings Across America: A Photographic History of the U.S. Air Mail by Bruce McAllister in Back Matter
- Wings Above the Arctic: A Photographic History of Arctic Aviation by Bruce McAllister in Back Matter
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