The term “bush pilot” conjures up images of rugged individualists flying de Havilland Beaver floatplanes into Alaska’s most remote and difficult terrain. Such intrepid 20th-century aviators ...

the pilot and his daughters spent 12 hours on the wing before they were rescued. Photos courtesy Terry Godes / Alaska National Guard Alaska’s tight-knit community of bush pilots came together in a big ...

These pilots flew high in the cockpit ... engine trouble and parachuted from another. On a mission over the Bonin Islands, Japanese flak set Bush’s Avenger afire. He remained airborne long ...

Winning in the bush class, 20-year-old student Bobby Breeden, from Virginia. Richard Wien, son of famed pilot Noel Wien, listens as Paul Claus describes wilderness flying. In May 2014, the flying ...

The term “bush pilot” conjures up images of rugged individualists flying de Havilland Beaver floatplanes into Alaska’s most remote and difficult terrain. Such intrepid 20th-century aviators as Don ...