Surviving a plane crash along the Iditarod Trail

Alaska DispatchSurviving a plane crash along the Iditarod TrailAlaska DispatchExcerpt from the chapter "My Life-and-Death Plane Crash" in the recently published book “Chasing Dogs-My Adventures as the Official Photographer of Alaska's Iditarod,” by Jeff Schultz, the Iditarod's photographer since 1982. This account includes a ...

Alaska pilot killed in Pablo crash identified as a former Montanan

The MissoulianAlaska pilot killed in Pablo crash identified as a former MontananThe MissoulianPABLO – An outfitter and guide whose website says he had logged “thousands of hours flying all over remote Alaska” was the victim of a late Tuesday afternoon plane crash west of here. Lake County authorities on Wednesday identified the pilot of the ...

Alaska pilot killed in Pablo crash identified as a former Montanan

The MissoulianAlaska pilot killed in Pablo crash identified as a former MontananThe MissoulianPABLO – An outfitter and guide whose website says he had logged “thousands of hours flying all over remote Alaska” was the victim of a late Tuesday afternoon plane crash west of here. Lake County authorities on Wednesday identified the pilot of the ...

Plane crash reported northwest of Ronan

NBC MontanaPlane crash reported northwest of RonanNBC MontanaThe rugged terrain hampered responders' efforts to reach the crash site. The pilot of the plane who was from Alaska was pronounced dead at the scene. The passenger, a local Lake County resident was taken by Alert helicopter to Kalispell Regional ...

Plane carrying Alaska schoolgirls to volleyball tournament skids across frozen ...

Daily MailPlane carrying Alaska schoolgirls to volleyball tournament skids across frozen ...Daily MailWhen the plane touched down, the wheels held for a few seconds, but the then plane tilted, starting on its lengthy ski down the runway as fire trucks and ambulances raced towards the downed plane. Nobody was hurt in the accident, potentially because ...

Dietmar Eckell: Miracles of aviation history

BBC NewsDietmar Eckell: Miracles of aviation historyBBC NewsJanuary 1965, Alaska. A Fairchild C-82 is flying above the Arctic Circle when it encounters trouble. “The plane's electric system failed and they crash-landed in the night in the tundra forest, cutting down many trees. They survived at -45 degrees ...

Locked Away for Years, Skeleton's Secrets Rewrite Prehistory of North America

National GeographicLocked Away for Years, Skeleton's Secrets Rewrite Prehistory of North AmericaNational GeographicTo get isotope values like you see in him, you at least have to get into coastal central Alaska or even more to the west. His facial ... I assisted with the Pentagon plane crash victims [after 9/11] and the Branch Davidian compound [in Waco, Texas]. I ...

9 Outdoorsy Movies That Challenge the Wild

Wall St. Cheat Sheet9 Outdoorsy Movies That Challenge the WildWall St. Cheat SheetThe 2011 thriller starring Liam Neeson, Frank Grilo, and Dermot Mulroney, is based on Ian MacKenzie Jeffers' short story Ghost Walker. The movie follows a group of oil men who are left stranded in Alaska after a plane crash and must find ways to ...

Celebrity plane crashes draw special scrutiny from the NTSB

USA TODAYCelebrity plane crashes draw special scrutiny from the NTSBUSA TODAYThe outsize investigation is typical of how the NTSB treats airplane crashes that kill prominent and politically connected people and celebrities — and a sharp contrast to how it investigates most crashes of private aircraft, a USA TODAY analysis ...

Chehalin Gets Alaska State Trooper Accolade

Centralia ChronicleChehalin Gets Alaska State Trooper AccoladeCentralia ChronicleIn June of 1967 he was involved in an airplane crash, barely escaping with his life. Three U.S. Coast Guard members, including the captain and the co-captain, were killed during the crash, while Korhonen and two others were able to escape with their lives.

So Just Who Was O'Hare? Secrets Behind the Names of America's Airports

Yahoo TravelSo Just Who Was O'Hare? Secrets Behind the Names of America's AirportsYahoo TravelThen there's the odd case of humorist Will Rogers and aviator Wiley Post, who were both from Oklahoma and were killed together in a plane crash in Alaska. Each has an airport named after him in both states: Will Rogers World Airport and Wiley Post ...

Readers experience Alaska pilot's triumph, trepidation in '14 Days to Alaska'

Alaska DispatchReaders experience Alaska pilot's triumph, trepidation in '14 Days to Alaska'Alaska DispatchHamon is a field scientist who was bit by the flying bug after becoming immersed in Alaska's aviation-heavy environment. He admits early on that typically people at least solo before they purchase a plane, but with few opportunities for instruction in ...

Small plane makes emergency landing on Soldotna road

KTUU.comSmall plane makes emergency landing on Soldotna roadKTUU.comClint Johnson, the NTSB's chief Alaska investigator, said Monday that a Taylorcraft BC-12, a single-engine plane colloquially known as a “T-craft,” set down on the road between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. Sunday. “It looks ... “There wasn't a crash,” Peters ...

Ex

Alaska DispatchEx-general says Alaska governor should have let leadership clean up National ...Alaska DispatchIn Alaska, the Army guard took over Fort Greely, where the national missile defense system was based, and the Air Guard took over the early warning system at Clear Air Force Station. ... She said the crash was further evidence of a lack of professionalism.

AP Exclusive: Drone sightings up dramatically

Valdosta Daily TimesAP Exclusive: Drone sightings up dramaticallyValdosta Daily TimesThe FAA tightly restricts the use of drones, which could cause a crash if one collided with a plane or was sucked into an engine. Small drones usually aren't visible on radar to air traffic controllers, particularly if they're made of plastic or other ...

New home, dream complete for WWII P

The Courier-JournalNew home, dream complete for WWII P-40 wingsThe Courier-JournalStebbins had been looking for a P-40 for several years when he got a letter from another airplane enthusiast saying that a trapper had been running his trap line for several years near some wreckage in Alaska. Stebbins traded a "bear gun" for ...

Report on Merrill Field crash highlights pilot decision

Alaska DispatchReport on Merrill Field crash highlights pilot decision-makingAlaska DispatchLoss of control at low altitude, which is nearly always unrecoverable, is a recurrent cause of accidents in Alaska. As so many safety reports attest, retaining control sometimes means that landing the aircraft in an other-than-runway location is the ...

Investigation: Post

USA TODAYInvestigation: Post-crash fires in small planes cost 600 livesUSA TODAYThe figures almost certainly understate the fire-related death toll because USA TODAY could not obtain death records in six states, where they are not publicly available, including New York and Alaska, which has more small-airplane deaths than all but ...

Aircraft Crash Survivor Dies in ATV Crash

Alaska Native NewsAircraft Crash Survivor Dies in ATV CrashAlaska Native News26-year-old Melanie Coffee, one of six survivors of the November 29th crash of a Hageland Aviation Cessna 208 near St Marys, perished in an ATV crash in the village of St Marshall on Wednesday. Reports coming from the village, report that Coffee had ...

Weight, balance considerations rest on pilots' shoulders in preventing Alaska ...

Alaska DispatchWeight, balance considerations rest on pilots' shoulders in preventing Alaska ...Alaska DispatchThere are many aspects of Alaska's environment that are blamed for the state's high aircraft accident rate and often used as excuses for pilot error. The weather and lack of adequate weather reporting, the unpredictable conditions of bush runways ...

Alaska becomes crucial frontier for Senate Democrats

USA TODAYAlaska becomes crucial frontier for Senate DemocratsUSA TODAYBegich is the son of former Democratic representative Nick Begich, who was killed in a 1972 plane crash along with Majority Leader Hale Boggs, D-La. Begich was elected in 2008 after defeating GOP Sen. Ted Stevens, a hero figure for many Alaskans.

Alyeska Pipeline Employees Report North Slope Plane Crash

KTUU.comAlyeska Pipeline Employees Report North Slope Plane CrashKTUU.comJust after 1:45 p.m., troopers received a call from Alyeska Pipeline security personnel at Pump Station 4, near Mile 269 on the Dalton Highway, saying they had gotten word of a small plane crash near Atigun Pass. The security team at Pump Station 4 ...

Big Lake Plane Crash takes Life of Anchorage Man

Alaska Native NewsBig Lake Plane Crash takes Life of Anchorage ManAlaska Native NewsAlaska State Troopers reported on the Trooper dispatch this morning of a plane crash at the Big Lake Airport at 2:25 am Sunday morning where the pilot of the aircraft lost his life and the passenger in the plane suffered possibly life-threatening injuries.

Pilot Killed, Passenger Badly Hurt in Big Lake Plane Crash

KTUU.comPilot Killed, Passenger Badly Hurt in Big Lake Plane CrashKTUU.comAn Anchorage pilot died and his passenger was seriously injured when their small plane crashed on takeoff early Sunday at the Big Lake airport, according to Alaska State Troopers. In a Sunday AST dispatch, troopers say Mat-Su Valley dispatchers were ...

Airman who died in 1952 Alaska crash brought home for burial

Fox NewsAirman who died in 1952 Alaska crash brought home for burialFox NewsA week after the crash, a brave two-man crew flew a small plane and reached the crash site, about 8,000 feet above sea level. They reported that they identified the plane's tail number, 1107. They also found bloody blankets, but no other clear shapes ...