Alaska's First Bush Pilots, 1923-30 smithsonian nature guide the coves of coastal Maine

the coves of coastal Maine

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Alaska's First Bush Pilots, 1923-30 smithsonian nature guide the coves of coastal MaineThis story follows the careers of Alaska s pioneering pilots, who, with cranky open cockpit biplanes, started the great changes in Alaska s way of travel. During the summer of 1923 Ben Eielson was the first to fly commercially from Fairbanks, ferrying passengers and light freight with an open cockpit Jenny (JN4) biplane. It was the beginning of the leap from ground travel to air. By the 1930s, Alaska s growing aviation industry had revolutionized