Bush pilots
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Bush pilots
Sub-Series
Scope and Contents
"There Were Tears in Mudhole Smith's Eyes," Seattle Times, May 6, 1973
"Capturing a Piece of Alaskan History: An Opportunity for Exxon USA" (proposal for documentary film)
"Daredevil Pilots Take Glacier Flying to New Heights" by Jon Krakauer, Smithsonian magazine, January 1989
"One Hundred of the Early Bush Pilots of Alaska" (biographical sketches)
"Early Birds Open Alaska Interior," no source, undated
Dates:
20th Century
Terry Buckridge Alaskan Aviation Film Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1993-11-22
Contents of the Collection
The Terry Buckridge Alaskan Aviation Film Collection is a small collection containing two privately-shot films from the 1940s relating to Alaskan aviation. The first film depicts a Star Air Service aircraft and a fishing trip to Lake Iliamna, Alaska, circa 1940s. It begins with footage of an unidentified group of men with fishing equipment, followed by shots of a Star Air Service Bellanca CH-400 Skyrocket seaplane (tail number NC-10795) and aerial views of towns, bodies of water,...
Dates:
circa 1940s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Robert L. Simons Collection
Collection
Identifier: 1998-05-05-B
Overview
Robert Lewis Simons was a military and commercial pilot in the mid-twentieth century. The Collection is comprised of materials relating to Simons’ career , including log books, military records, photographs, and films.
Dates:
1925-1972; Majority of material found within 1938-1948
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
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