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Book Synopsis The Alaska Incident by : Willis Bird
Download or read book The Alaska Incident written by Willis Bird and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2000-08-16 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is concise, fast moving sci-fi adventure in which an old newpaper reporter gets brought into an incident that happened in Alaska. It becomes his mission to find the truth and to get it told to the world against the forces that would silence him and all who know of the strange happenings in Alaska. The author, an award-winning photographer and writer, was born in Alabama in 1935 and is a graduate of psychology from Auburn University. He held a Top Secret Clearance while in the USAF Security Service and has over 30 years total government service.
Book Synopsis Air Crash Investigations by : Allistair Fitzgerald
Download or read book Air Crash Investigations written by Allistair Fitzgerald and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-11 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On January 31, 2000, Alaska Airlines, Flight 261, a McDonnell Douglas MD-83, was on its way from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, to Seattle, Washington, when suddenly the horizontal stabilizer of the plane jammed. While passengers were praying for their life, Captain Thompson and First officer Tansky tried to make an emergency landing in Los Angeles. They did not make it, the plane suddenly crashed into the Pacific Ocean, killing all 93 people aboard. The NTSB concluded that the failure of the horizontal stabilizer was caused by insufficient maintenance. In other words the crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 could have been avoided.
Book Synopsis Letters from the Globemaster Families by : Michael Rocereta
Download or read book Letters from the Globemaster Families written by Michael Rocereta and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Letters from the Globemaster Families: The Lost C-124 of Mount Gannett, Alaska gathers evidence and presents the most likely description of the final flight of a United States Air Force troop transport plane carrying fifty-two servicemen. The Globemaster C-124 crashed into the side of Mount Gannett, Alaska. Sixty years later a glacier yielded up both the wreckage and remains of some of the crashs victims. Michael Rocereta uses his two decades worth of experience as an instrument-rated private pilot, his education as a geologist and his experience investigating accidents to guide his research, presentation and conclusions regarding the accident. Letters from the Globemaster Families uses as introductions to its chapters the correspondence of relatives as they write about their desires to know the details of the airplanes crash and their loved ones deaths. This approach provides a personal counterbalance to the technical details covered in the chapters themselves. The book concludes with a collection of short biographies of the servicemen, a glossary of terms and acronyms, a selected bibliography, and an index. No matter whether you appreciate the work of a solid investigation, regional history of Alaska, military history, or the resolution that individuals can feel when they come to closure, then Letters from the Globemaster Families: The Lost C-124 of Mount Gannett, Alaska, will deliver a focused narrative of a tragic event that spans the decades.
Book Synopsis Flying With Wings: A True Story of an Alaska Aircraft Accident by : Susan Stark Christianson.
Download or read book Flying With Wings: A True Story of an Alaska Aircraft Accident written by Susan Stark Christianson. and published by Walton Group Publications. This book was released on 2023-10-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flying With Wings: A True Story of an Alaska Aircraft Accident, plunges readers into the chilling depths of a 1994 DeHavilland Otter floatplane disaster in Alaska's Taku River. This story intertwines the adrenaline-pumping urgency of the crash and the determination of the Wings of Alaska pilots in the rescue operations. It also recounts the integrity and dedication of Wings of Alaska owners and employees in responding to the aftermath. While ten eager adventurers embarked on what promised to be a mesmerizing glacier-sightseeing trip to a remote Alaska lodge, the tragedy ensured that some would never make the journey back. But this is not a story mired solely in sorrow. The narrative captures the spirit of human resilience, especially epitomized by one survivor's poignant return two decades later, seeking understanding and closure from the place that took her loved ones. The emotional rollercoaster this book offers is as vast and varied as the Alaskan landscape itself — from heart-wrenching grief to the peaks of hope and redemption. It's a testament to the shared experiences that bind us and the indomitable strength of the human heart. Flying With Wings: A True Story of an Alaska Aircraft Accident invites reflection on the transient nature of life. The book honestly explores the root cause behind the accident, a cause overlooked by governmental authorities more focused on assigning blame than finding the true cause and improving airline safety. A purpose in its telling is to help prevent the far-too-many aviation accidents still happening across Alaska and the United States.
Book Synopsis 81 Days Below Zero by : Brian Murphy
Download or read book 81 Days Below Zero written by Brian Murphy and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2015-06-02 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A riveting...saga of survival against formidable odds" (Washington Post) about one man who survived a World War II plane crash in Alaska's harsh Yukon territory Shortly before Christmas in 1943, five Army aviators left Alaska's Ladd Field on a routine flight to test their hastily retrofitted B-24 Liberator in harsh winter conditions. The mission ended in a crash that claimed all but one-Leon Crane, a city kid from Philadelphia with no wilderness experience. With little more than a parachute for cover and an old Boy Scout knife in his pocket, Crane now found himself alone in subzero temperatures. Crane knew, as did the Ladd Field crews who searched unsuccessfully for the crash site, that his chance of survival dropped swiftly with each passing day. But Crane did find a way to stay alive in the grip of the Yukon winter for nearly twelve weeks and, amazingly, walked out of the ordeal intact. 81 Days Below Zero recounts, for the first time, the full story of Crane's remarkable saga. In a drama of staggering resolve and moments of phenomenal luck, Crane learned to survive in the Yukon's unforgiving wilds. His is a tale of the capacity to endure extreme conditions, intense loneliness, and flashes of raw terror-and emerge stronger than before.
Book Synopsis Alaska Wolff Pack by : Margaret Wolff
Download or read book Alaska Wolff Pack written by Margaret Wolff and published by Publication Consultants. This book was released on 2010-09-15 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bob and Margaret Wolff celebrated their wedding anniversary six months after their marriage--in case they didn't make it a full year. However, they shared a thirty-one year honeymoon before Bob's tragic accidental death. Alaskan Wolff Pack is Bob and Margaret's story, and the story of the remarkable children, friends, and pets they accumulated along the way. The delights of living in the Alaska bush amidst four legged neighbors, the closeness of sharing a one room cabin in a forty square mile yard, and the adventures of gold mining and travel; could not be dimmed by fires, floods, crashes, or death. They mostly lived from hand to mouth, often without a dime in their pockets, occasionally their material possessions were little more than the clothes on their backs, and the tooth ferry could only leave an IOU note under the children’s pillows--but their real riches were abundantly awesome.
Download or read book Flight of Gold written by Kevin McGregor and published by In-Depth Editions, LLC. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On March 12, 1948, Northwest Airlines Flight 4422, a DC-4 with a crew of six, carrying twenty-four merchant marines from Shanghai to New York, crashed high up on Alaska's Mt. Sanford. Air reconnaissance flights spotted the remains of the plane, but the site was too remote for recovery teams. Rumors that the plane had been transporting gold and diamonds enticed treasure hunters to the mountain, but life threatening conditions kept them from reaching "Alaska's Legendary Gold Wreck." Flight of Gold is the first-person account of commercial airline pilot and mountain climber Kevin McGregor, who with pilot Marc Millican, attempted to solve the mystery of the reputed treasure. After four years of near-obsessive efforts, they made two startling discoveries: One led them into leading-edge forensics and the other gave substance to the treasure rumor.
Book Synopsis Hearts of Courage by : John M. Tippets
Download or read book Hearts of Courage written by John M. Tippets and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No greater saga of the Northland was ever recounted than the experiences of the survivors of the Gillam plane crash. The Alaska Fishing News, Ketchikan, Alaska, February 8, 1943 In Hearts of Courage John Tippets has done a wonderful job giving voice to his father in telling his story. Arnold Griese, author of Bush Pilot: Early Alaska Aviator Harold Gillam, Sr., Lucky or Legend? John's thorough research and attention to detail transports us back in time to become part of these miraculous events in the lives of Joseph and Alta Tippets. Jeffrey Johns, Curator, American Airlines C.R. Smith Museum None can match the Gillam crash survivors for sheer heroism in the face of impossible odds. Their courage was inspiring! Ric Gillespie, Executive Director, The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR)
Download or read book Broken Wings written by Gregory Liefer and published by Publication Consultants. This book was released on 2014-09-15 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BROKEN WINGS reveals the tragedy of Alaska civil aviation from early bush pilots to modern jetliners, providing a unique perspective on the technology and human factors involved in aircraft mishaps. Written with expert analysis of aircraft operations, pilot procedures, weather phenomenon and aviation systems, the thirty stories detail major flying disasters in The Last Frontier, including some of the deadliest air crashes in United States history. Nowhere have civil aircraft accidents been as prevalent as in Alaska. The progression of unfortunate events and often unforeseen consequences not only offers a historical perspective on the development of aviation, but is an enduring example of the failure of even the best designed aircraft and the experienced pilots who fly them.
Book Synopsis Looking for Alaska Deluxe Edition by : John Green
Download or read book Looking for Alaska Deluxe Edition written by John Green and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-01-13 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gorgeous collector's edition of the critically acclaimed debut novel by John Green, #1 bestselling author of Turtles All the Way Down and The Fault in Our Stars A perfect gift for every fan, this deluxe hardcover features a stunning special edition jacket and 50 pages of all-new exclusive content, including: - An introduction by John Green - Extensive Q&A: John Green answers readers’ most frequently asked questions - Deleted scenes from the original manuscript ★ Winner of the Michael L. Printz Award ★ A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist ★ A New York Times Bestseller • A USA Today Bestseller ★ NPR’s Top Ten Best-Ever Teen Novels ★ TIME magazine’s 100 Best Young Adult Novels of All Time ★ A PBS Great American Read Selection NOW A HULU ORIGINAL SERIES! Miles Halter is fascinated by famous last words—and tired of his safe life at home. He leaves for boarding school to seek what the dying poet Francois Rabelais called the "Great Perhaps.” Much awaits Miles at Culver Creek, including Alaska Young, who will pull Miles into her labyrinth and catapult him into the Great Perhaps. Looking for Alaska brilliantly chronicles the indelible impact one life can have on another. A modern classic, this stunning debut marked #1 bestselling author John Green’s arrival as a groundbreaking new voice in contemporary fiction.
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Book Synopsis Radiation Accident: Incident at Clear Air Force Station, Alaska by : United States General Accounting of Gao
Download or read book Radiation Accident: Incident at Clear Air Force Station, Alaska written by United States General Accounting of Gao and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-03-22 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Radiation Accident: Incident at Clear Air Force Station, Alaska
Book Synopsis Touching the Ancient One by : Rupert Pratt
Download or read book Touching the Ancient One written by Rupert Pratt and published by Rupert Pratt. This book was released on 2006-04 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On February 5, 1954, an Air Force C-47 broke apart over the Susitna Valley of South Central Alaska and fell onto Kesugi Ridge. Six miraculously escaped, survived bone-chilling cold, and were rescued through the efforts of pilots Cliff Hudson and Don Sheldon. Unacquainted with one another before the accident, the Air Force men bonded in the hospital. Forty-two years later, the survivors and their families, the families of the victims, and rescuers came together for a reunion in Dayton, Ohio. It was a meeting that would change their lives. This is a true story, told by one of the survivors. Rupert Pratt's book celebrates life and friendship--themes set appropriately against the backdrop of Kesugi, "The Ancient One."
Book Synopsis Map of My Dead Pilots by : Colleen Mondor
Download or read book Map of My Dead Pilots written by Colleen Mondor and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013-04-02 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Map of My Dead Pilots is about flying, pilots, and Alaska, the beautiful and deadly Last Frontier. Author Colleen Mondor spent four years running dispatch operations for a Fairbanks-based commuter and charter airline, and she knows all too well the gap between the romance and reality of small plane piloting in the wildest territory of the United States. From overloaded aircraft to wings covered in ice, from flying sled dogs and dead bodies, piloting in Alaska is about living hard and working even harder. What Mondor witnessed day to day would make anyone’s hair stand on end. Ultimately, it is the pilots themselves—laced with ice and whiskey, death and camaraderie, silence and engine roar—and their harrowing tales who capture her imagination. In fine detail, this series of stories reveals the technical side of flying, the history of Alaskan aviation, and a world that demands a close communion with extreme physical danger and emotional toughness.
Book Synopsis The Historical Roots of the High Accident Rate in Alaska by : Ernest Edward Austin
Download or read book The Historical Roots of the High Accident Rate in Alaska written by Ernest Edward Austin and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Melting the Ice Curtain by : David Ramseur
Download or read book Melting the Ice Curtain written by David Ramseur and published by University of Alaska Press. This book was released on 2017-06-15 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just five years after a Soviet missile blew a civilian airliner out of the sky over the North Pacific, an Alaska Airlines jet braved Cold War tensions to fly into tomorrow. Crossing the Bering Strait between Alaska and the Russian Far East, the 1988 Friendship Flight reunited Native peoples of common languages and cultures for the first time in four decades. It and other dramatic efforts to thaw what was known as the Ice Curtain launched a thirty-year era of perilous, yet prolific, progress. Melting the Ice Curtain tells the story of how inspiration, courage, and persistence by citizen-diplomats bridged a widening gap in superpower relations. David Ramseur was a first-hand witness to the danger and political intrigue, having flown on that first Friendship Flight, and having spent thirty years behind the scenes with some of Alaska’s highest officials. As Alaska celebrates the 150th anniversary of its purchase, and as diplomatic ties with Russia become perilous, Melting the Ice Curtain shows that history might hold the best lessons for restoring diplomacy between nuclear neighbors.
Download or read book Fatal Incident written by Jim Proebstle and published by Greenleaf Book Group. This book was released on 2011 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Minnesotan Nick Morgan overcomes the hardships of life during the Depression with the thrill of flying. The rush he shares with his soon-to-be wife, Martha, as they barnstorm small Midwestern towns offering plane rides for a dollar, forges a love for each other and a sense of freedom to last a lifetime. But in 1943, Nick must leave Martha, now pregnant, to become a WWII pilot in Alaska for the army's newly formed Air Transport Command. In this uncharted and inaccessible landscape, Nick joins U.S. forces, who have set up a strategic defense position against Japan, and an Lend-Lease supply program that trains Soviet pilots with U.S. aircraft for their war with Germany.The remoteness of Alaska also draws the attention of Manhattan Project scientists in New Mexico as a possible site for atomic bomb testing. When Nick Morgan and his Okie crop-duster copilot, Red, are tapped by the Manhattan Project for classified flying duty over the isolated Yukon Flats region, they have no idea that they will be caught up in a Soviet plot aimed at stealing top-secret bomb and test site development documents. After Nick's plane goes down in a botched hijacking attempt by a Russian agent, all three crewmembers and eighteen military passengers are presumed dead by the U.S. military.A much-delayed recovery effort, however, reveals there to be at least one survivor, with many bodies missing from the crash site. This sparks a massive search to find the person who escaped with the documents, but a CIA cover-up to conceal the potentially disastrous breach in national security blocks all communication with survivor families in their need for information. Inspired by the true events of an Air Transport Command aircraft disaster in Alaska in 1944, Fatal Incident will attract any reader interested in conspiracy, espionage, and stories of love during wartime.
Book Synopsis The Encounter over Alaska by : Mark Barresi
Download or read book The Encounter over Alaska written by Mark Barresi and published by Author House. This book was released on 2011-09-15 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On November 17 1986, flight JAL 1628 cargo jet made international history. The routine flight encountered three massive UFO's while the crew was on their way to land at Anchorage Alaska. Days after the incident happened, it became one of the most famous UFO cases of all time. This is what the "The Encounter Over Alaska", is based on. When lead executive investigator for accidents and incidents for the FAA. Scott Andrews is made aware of the case. He at first is unfazed by the report and believes their must be a plausible reason for the experienced pilot and his crew to make up such a claim about UFO's over Alaska. But when investigative reporter Nicole Martone, proves to Andrews their is a cover up of evidence, of both military and civilian radar reports of the UFO's tracking the 747 cargo plane for over 45 minutes. Together Andrews and Martone will fight to put all the pieces together of why this incident would be covered up by FAA officials and the CIA itself. Scott will not only risk his career but also his own life, as he will fight to prove to the world one of the most famous UFO cases since the Roswell incident, did indeed take place. Get ready for an unbelievable thrill ride, as one man fights to seek the truth to share with the whole world and the answer to the biggest question of all time. Are we truly alone in the universe? One of the most debated and controversial subjects of all time will be brought to light in this adrenaline filled novel, by Mark Barresi.
