The ice pilots flying with the mavericks of the great white north

Summary: The Ice Pilots follows renegade Arctic airline Buffalo Airways, and pilots who defy the cold and the competition by using WWII era propeller planes likes the DC-3 to haul vital fuel, supplies, and passengers to remote outposts across the world's last great wilderness. From rookie pilots trying to earn their wings in sometimes hellish conditions to vintage planes that flew over Normandy on D-Day, The Ice Pilots brings its readers on an engaging romp through Arctic skies. Michael Vlessides braves bone-chilling temperatures, treacherous landings, and iconic owner "Buffalo" Joe McBryan's famous te.

Record details

ISBN: 9781553659402 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 1553659406 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource
remote
1 online resource : ill.
Publisher: Vancouver : Douglas & McIntyre, c2012.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Arrivals -- The Inner Sanctum -- The Knife -- The Family Business -- Rampies -- Flyboys -- The Land Before Time -- A Bush Pilot Is Born -- Flying the Wild -- Hay River -- Finding Chuck -- Summer Days -- Departures.