Flight of the Red Beaver: A Yukon Bush Pilot Adventure
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.40 (653 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0962908517 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 318 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-13 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Travels galore jtwint Enjoyed the story but had a hard time keeping track of all the multiple people involved in the author's life.
In 1959 I received my first flight lesson, and after 15 flying hours I purchased a Piper J-3 Cub N 42200 for $900 and later an Aeronca Chief. In 1971 I began flying my favorite sea plane THE RED BEAVER CF-IBP into the beautiful, vast, and rugged wilderness of the Yukon, NW Territories and British Columbia, a land of wild rivers, thousands of pristine lakes, great fishing, and abundant wildlife, and logged over 4,000 hours in sea planes. Airplanes were my first love from earliest boyhood memories, and I watched with awe as World War II fighters streaked overhead. Stories of close calls, a crash in a ski plane on a frozen lake, watching packs of wolves (Larry’s favorite wild animal), listening to the lonely haunting cry of the loon (the voice of the wilderness) and grizzly bear encounters abound. But it’s also about the fulfillment of a boyhood dream to go north, build a cabin and live off the land.. I was born in Spokane, Washington and joined the US Naval Reserve in high school and served six years (two years active duty on the USS Hassayampa AO-145 in the Pacific), being honorably discharged April 25, 1958 at Treasure Island, CA. I enjoy hiking and kayaking with my grandchildren, traveling, exploring, reading, writing, flying and sometimes I dream that I'm once again flying T