Flying in the Alaskan wilderness is an entirely different skill set than the way most pilots are trained; flying to and from remote gravel bars on wheels, streams and lakes on floats, and ski operations in deep snow and horrific weather. Many times I thought I would not make it, flying overloaded airplanes with the doors removed, external loads strapped to the floats, no navigational aids and totally alone in a vast wilderness with only my skills and determination to get me home.
MEMORIES FROM MY LOGBOOK: A Bush Pilot's Story
It would be tax deductible for you...training aid.
ReplyDeleteAnother in the same ilk is Bob Bell's "Oh no. We're going to die" Tales of his bush piloting escapade in Alaska. A really good read.
ReplyDeleteCoal, True, I read Bob Bell's "Oh no, We're going to die" quite a while ago and remember it as being an interesting and humorous book!
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