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Many years ago when aviation was still young, few people believed that the airplane was here to stay. The planes were covered with cloth and held together with bailing wire. They were weak and flimsy craft. But the men who flew them were strong and brave.

One of the bravest of these was Carl Ben Eielson. Not only did Ben fly these clumsy early-day airplanes, but he flew them in one of the most dangerous and untamed parts of the world—Alaska.

Alaska Bush Pilot is the true story of Ben Eielson's exciting life as a pioneer flier in the cold, stormy, and always treacherous Land of the Midnight Sun.

Charles Coombs and Emmett A. Betts, from the book

 

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Charles Ira Coombs

Charles Ira Coombs

1914 - 1994
American
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Emmett A  Betts

Emmett A Betts

1903 - 1987
American
Emmett A. Betts was Research Professor, School of Education at the University of Miami.... See more
Raymon Naylor

Raymon Naylor

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Paul Hazelrigg

Paul Hazelrigg

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Alaska Bush Pilot Reprint

Alaska Bush Pilot
Reprinted in 2024 by Purple House Press
Available formats: Hardcover, Paperback
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The plane pictured on the cover is the first one Ben flew in Alaska, a Curtiss JN-4 Jenny, which you can read more about in David Weitzman's book, Jenny: The Airplane that Taught America to Fly.


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