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 ...