Description
Book Synopsis"Having accrued nearly twenty-four thousand hours of experience as a commercial pilot, author Gerry Bruder shares the highlights (and darkest moments) of his career. From abrupt engine failure while airborne, to ferrying a diverse array of passengers, to surviving flights in dangerous weather conditions, is a tell-it-like-it-is inside story of aviation life. Highly recommended." -James A. Cox, Midwest Book Review-The Aviation Shelf
What is it about Alaska that can make a young journalist from the East Coast abandon his career and become a bush pilot? Bruder''s fascinating first-person account answers that question and lets the reader share his experiences as he becomes seasoned as a seaplane pilot flying the rugged terrain of Western Washington, British Columbia, and Southeast Alaska.
The life of a bush pilot in southeast Alaska is filled with the exhilaration of having unique access to one of our last great spans of wilderness, balanced with ph
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1: NO WOLVES IN THE NEWSROOM
Chapter 2: THE COCKPIT BECKONS
Chapter 3: APPRENTICESHIP
Chapter 4: OF PASSENGERS AND PLACES
Chapter 5: BURNING OUT
Chapter 6: WINTER
Chapter 7: ESCAPE ATTEMPT
Chapter 8: PRESSURE POINTS
Chapter 9: RELIEF VALVE
Chapter 10: BAREFOOT HERO
Chapter 11: OVERNIGHTING
Chapter 12: MECHANICALS
Chapter 13: ICE CAP BLUES
Chapter 14: URBAN SEAPLANE PILOT
Chapter 15: DEBATES AND DECISIONS
Chapter 16: N90422
Chapter 17: SEAPLANES IN THE MUD
Chapter 18: CHASING RAINBOWS
About the Author
