Logger, smokejumper, doodle bugger, bush pilot, hunting and fishing guide, polar pilot, gold miner, cargo pilot, airline pilot… How much can you cram into one lifetime? Born into a family of transplanted North Carolinians, a childhood spent roaming the hills of the Pacific Northwest gave one young pilot a taste for adventure – and a first flying lesson that ended in billowing dust, ripped metal, broken Plexiglas, and gasps of surprise from fledgling pilots amazed to find themselves still breathing.
From icy Arctic expeditions to desperate flights out of the desert with machine guns pointe more...
