

Flying the Alaska Wild
by Mort Mason
Hard cover: Flying the Alaska Wild is true grit stuff: a collection of fascinating stories about the rough-and-tumble life of an Alaskan bush pilot-straight from the pilot's seat. Recounting twenty-plus years of adventures, skilled storyteller Mort Mason presents his own death-defying tales, and also tells the legendary stories of other old-time bush pilots.
Flying through the wildly unpredictable weather conditions and unforgiving terrain of the Big Empty—where bush pilots find few paved runways, control towers, friendly voices on their silent radios, navigational aids, and few places to drop in for coffee and fuel for their flimsy planes—Mason honed his skill—and his luck—in a profession that just a few have the stamina to endure. Here, he recounts his more memorable flights and the conditions, circumstances, and admitted errors that made them so. For pilots and airplane buffs; Alaska buffs; hunters, guides, and outdoors enthusiasts.
Author Biography: Mort Mason has written about Alaska hunting, sport fishing, and back country flying for more than 25 years. Mason flew for 18,000 plus hours in the formidable and unforgiving outback of the Alaska bush country. He and his wife, Peggy, started the successful periodical, "Alaska Outdoors"; he has also written several short stories of the mystery and suspense genre, and articles about the Alaska outback. This is his first book; his next is in progress. Although he's semi-retired, Mason occasionally tows banners along the golden beaches of the Atlantic Ocean.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
| How it Began | 11 |
| Flying the Big Empty | 19 |
| Drift River | 39 |
| Freeze Up | 51 |
| Ice and Water | 63 |
| Painter Creek | 71 |
| Johnstone Bay | 87 |
| Madman Lake | 95 |
| North to South | 103 |
| A Matter of Fuel | 115 |
| The Year That Was | 125 |
| Mills Creek | 137 |
| Nugget Bench | 153 |
| Christmas 1981 | 161 |
| New Year's Day | 171 |
| Lower Russian Lake | 179 |
| Search & Rescue | 191 |
| Bush Guide Mishaps | 215 |
| Bush Thievery | 227 |
| Lost Fliers | 233 |
| Maintenance & Mechanics | 257 |
| Troublesome Loads | 287 |
| The Tank Commander | 305 |
| All in One Flight | 317 |
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