Cree bush pilot Will Bird lies comatose in a hospital, while his wayward niece Annie arrives to sit in silent vigil by his side. Slowly their stories reveal two people previously separated by great distances, beaten and broken, and...
Bush pilots
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Author:Boyden, JosephSummary: -
Author:Spring, JoyceSummary:The women pilots profiled in this book have flown from British Columbia to Newfoundland and in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. Right from the beginning of her interviews and research, the author found herself constantly amazed by...
- Author:Ward, MaxSummary:
This is a story of a bush pilot who challenged the international airlines; it is both a compelling flying story and a dramatic business story told by the man who made it all happen.
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Author:Dunaway, Dan PaxtonSummary:Briony, a prairie girl with a disfigured face, is adopted when she is nine by a childless older couple, Dagget and Moll, who appear mysteriously one day at her orphanage. They take her to their remote town of Crowsbeak in northern...
- Author:Boer, PeterSummary:
It takes a special recipe-one part courage, one part skill, a big dash of crazy-to make a bush pilot. These unique aviators, flying over the vast wildernesses of the United States, Canada and Australia, often reach the status of legends...
- Author:Forscutt, KenSummary:
Ken Forscutt flew a Cessna for 17 years into various places in Northwestern Canada, and this is the true life adventure, based on the logbook entries and the recollections of fellow pilots.
- Author:Grant, Robert S.Summary:
Offers readers a kaleidoscope of aviation stories from former bush pilot Robert Grant. Having logged more than 12,000 hours of flight time in the wilds of Canada, Grant takes the reader with him on his travels from coast to coast to...
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Author:Cross, L.D.Summary:They were nicknamed Snow Eagle, Flying Knight, Bush Angel, Punch, Doc and Wop. They worked in open cockpits and flew through cold, snow and fog without the benefit of radios, maps or weather reports. They flew over the Barrens, frozen...
