Alaska’s tight-knit community of bush pilots came together in a big way this week to help save one of their own. Thanks to their coordination and efforts, the Alaska National Guard was able to rescue ...

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The prized silver salmon are making their frenzied annual run to the headwaters of Alaska's Nushagak River, drawing the puddle-hopping planes like the one in which ...

Tanalian Aviation pilots Joel Natwick and Josiah Freeman assist with a search and rescue for an experienced hiker deep in the winter wilderness. Joel and Mark Barker tempt fate and fly into no man's ...

T-3 -- Pilot's helper -- First airplane -- Growing up in Haycock -- Village life -- Working at the mine -- Learning to fly -- Alaska territorial guard -- Alaska scouts -- Segregation -- Early flying - ...

Jim Tweto, known for his appearances on the Discovery TV series "Flying Wild Alaska," and passenger Shane Reynolds were killed in a Friday, June 16, 2023 plane crash near Shaktoolik. (Courtesy ...

It’s a solemn feeling, seeing a bush plane crash up close. This plane crashed near the author’s camp, the day after they left the area. Darkness loomed on the remote Alaskan tundra. Skies to the west ...

Introduction : Why Buck Taylor and not Buck Rogers? -- Cowboys, sourdoughs, and Alaska bush pilots -- Mines, mail, and mercy flights -- Mudflat takeoffs and glacier landings -- The copper belt line -- ...

HONOLULU (AP) — A former Alaska bush pilot safely avoided beachgoers when he crash-landed his small airplane in the ocean just off a beach on Oahu’s North Shore after running out of fuel. Greg Harding ...

Veteran bush pilot Bob Stanford risks everything to save hunters struggling to stay alive in a remote area of Kodiak. Island Air drops off a group of desperate hunters in the heart of the bush as a ...