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 ...