A missing pilot and his two daughters were successfully rescued Monday, thanks in part to the local pilots who helped search ...

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An investigation into one of the deadliest plane crashes in Alaska in 25 years has ruled the weather conditions proved to be too much for the weight of the plane ...

the pilot, the fuel on board ... in addition to cargo,” Johnson said. “Tools, everything you could possibly imagine coming out of the Bush.” Along with the cargo compartment, the plane was ...

"It's the passengers, the pilot, the fuel on board ... in addition to cargo," Johnson said. "Tools, everything you could possibly imagine coming out of the Bush ... Alaska air carrier welcomed ...

It’s 165 miles southwest by air, which roughly equates to an hour and a half by plane ... so he came to Alaska." Babe was a missionary and bush pilot, who met his wife Marry Alsworth, an ...

After more than three decades of seat-of-the-pants competition, two of Alaska’s pioneer bush airlines have ... of hard-drinking pilots and overworked aircraft. Petersen, who will be chairman ...

Alaskan bush pilots. This comparison is particularly appropriate because of the planes themselves, turbined and pontooned machines manufactured in the 1950s and ’60s by de Havilland Canada ...

Alaska Airlines traces its beginnings to 1932, when individual bush pilots flew supplies in and ... growth was slow and the airline operated just 10 aircraft in 11 cities in 1979.

The carrier does not have "hubs," but it does have sizable operations at many of its "focus cities" across the country.