Bibliograph

In the shadow of eagles, from barnstormer to Alaska bush pilot, a flyer's story, Rudy Billberg as told to Jim Rearden

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In the shadow of eagles, from barnstormer to Alaska bush pilot, a flyer's story, Rudy Billberg as told to Jim Rearden

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

In the shadow of eagles

Oclc number

460601437

Responsibility statement

Rudy Billberg as told to Jim Rearden

Sub title

from barnstormer to Alaska bush pilot, a flyer's story

Summary

This book celebrates the great age of aviation with pioneer flyer Rudy Billberg, who took his first airplane ride in 1927 and began flying the Alaska bush in 1941. From stunt flying at Midwestern air shows to flying out of Nome into the frozen Arctic to hauling for the Northway project during World War II, Billberg recounts a lifetime's worth of exciting adventures and close calls

Table Of Contents

Minnesota years: Minnesota map -- First flight -- Solo -- Flying at the Northwest angle -- Barnstorming -- Forced landings -- Air shows -- Era's end -- Alaska years: Alaska map -- Alaska -- Alaskan bush pilot -- Northway project -- Noel Wien -- Sam White -- Harold Gillam -- Joe Crosson -- Air transport command -- Return to Alaska -- Bush flying with the DC-3 -- Flying the T-50 Cessna -- Galena -- Fighting forest fires -- Return to Nome -- Rescue at Cape Romanzof -- Agates of the Nowitna -- Wildlife dramas -- Duggan and Walatka -- Flight plan closed -- Aviation glossary -- Index

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