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Jack Jefford shares stories of his gripping rescues, white-knuckle crackups, and wild adventures that come from flying the not always friendly skies of Alaska. Arriving in the Territory of Alaska in 1937, he started flying from the gold rush town of Nome for Hans Mirow. Jack's stories are some of the most fascinating and interesting to come out of Alaska. At the urging of his daughter, this great, early Alaska pilot decided to share these incredible flying stories with all aviation fans the world over
Jack Jefford shares stories of his gripping rescues, white-knuckle crackups, and wild adventures that come from flying the not always friendly skies of Alaska. Arriving in the Territory of Alaska in 1937, he started flying from the gold rush town of Nome for Hans Mirow. Jack's stories are some of the most fascinating and interesting to come out of Alaska. At the urging of his daughter, this great, early Alaska pilot decided to share these incredible flying stories with all aviation fans the world over
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Jack Jefford was one of the pioneers in the early years of Alaskan aviation. He as sometimes called "Father of the Airways" due to his job as chief pilot for the CAA (later the FAA) in Alaska from 1940 to 1972. He was a wonderful story teller based on his flying adventures which were recorded on reel to reel tapes by his daughter.
Inhaltsangabe
Foreword by Carmen Jefford Fisher Page 11 Part 1: Riding the Grub Line Pages 15 - 58 Becoming a Pilot The Voice from the Sky Riding the Grub Line Barnstorming Coyote Slayer Crossroads Broken Bow Flying the Weather Hastings Kelly One & Kelly Two Part 2: Foul-Weather Flyer Pages 59 - 96 Nome Working the Mines Henry Gumm Goes South and Brother Hansen Returns Home To Cordova in the Vega Foul-Weather Flyer The Crackups Part 3: There's More to the Job than Flying Pages 97 - 152 The Girls and the Godfather Gold Fever The Reindeer Study Progress in the Cockpit Crash on the Darby Mountains Groping up the Yukon Guiding the Columbia Evacuation of Jack Devine Stinson-A Trimotor The Marshall and Miss Alaska Missing Pilots The Reindeer Acquisition. Part 4: Patrol Pilot Pages 153 - 196 Signed on with the CAA General Buckner DLAND at West Ruby Injured Man Aboard War The Queen Mary Horning's Ordeal The Boeing 247 A Tale of Two Cessnas Part 5: King Chris Pages 197 - 235 King Chris Wartime Flight to Attu A Night at North Shore Umnak The Waipio Inveiglement Shungnak Snafu Torture Flight to Seattle Summer Landing CAA Christmas They Come and They Go Part 6: Gold Medalist Pages 236 - 285 Hinchinbrook Beach Landing Tragedy at Port Heiden Fuel Oil Blues The Rescue of Cliff Uzzell Juneau Backfire The Black Cat's Path Taylor Weather Fiddling Around in Nome Gold Medalist Part 7: Into the Jet Age Pages 286 - 314 N-123 Trouble in the C-123 The Flying X-Rays Saberliner Jet School McKinley Rescue Back to Nome on the Iditarod Index Pages 315 - 319 Epitaph: Jack Jefford 1910 - 1979 Page 320
Foreword by Carmen Jefford Fisher Page 11 Part 1: Riding the Grub Line Pages 15 - 58 Becoming a Pilot The Voice from the Sky Riding the Grub Line Barnstorming Coyote Slayer Crossroads Broken Bow Flying the Weather Hastings Kelly One & Kelly Two Part 2: Foul-Weather Flyer Pages 59 - 96 Nome Working the Mines Henry Gumm Goes South and Brother Hansen Returns Home To Cordova in the Vega Foul-Weather Flyer The Crackups Part 3: There's More to the Job than Flying Pages 97 - 152 The Girls and the Godfather Gold Fever The Reindeer Study Progress in the Cockpit Crash on the Darby Mountains Groping up the Yukon Guiding the Columbia Evacuation of Jack Devine Stinson-A Trimotor The Marshall and Miss Alaska Missing Pilots The Reindeer Acquisition. Part 4: Patrol Pilot Pages 153 - 196 Signed on with the CAA General Buckner DLAND at West Ruby Injured Man Aboard War The Queen Mary Horning's Ordeal The Boeing 247 A Tale of Two Cessnas Part 5: King Chris Pages 197 - 235 King Chris Wartime Flight to Attu A Night at North Shore Umnak The Waipio Inveiglement Shungnak Snafu Torture Flight to Seattle Summer Landing CAA Christmas They Come and They Go Part 6: Gold Medalist Pages 236 - 285 Hinchinbrook Beach Landing Tragedy at Port Heiden Fuel Oil Blues The Rescue of Cliff Uzzell Juneau Backfire The Black Cat's Path Taylor Weather Fiddling Around in Nome Gold Medalist Part 7: Into the Jet Age Pages 286 - 314 N-123 Trouble in the C-123 The Flying X-Rays Saberliner Jet School McKinley Rescue Back to Nome on the Iditarod Index Pages 315 - 319 Epitaph: Jack Jefford 1910 - 1979 Page 320
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