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Title: Wager with the Wind : The Don Sheldon Story by James Greiner ISBN: 0-312-85337-8 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 May, 1982 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.43 (7 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: An inspiring story of a remarkable man
Comment: I was steered to this book through contacts with several alumni of the former Williamsport Technical Institute(predecessor of my employer, Pennsylvania College of Technology), where Don Sheldon received his airframe and powerplant license. The only appropriate word to describe his exploits is "amazing." It seems as if every time he stepped into his airplane, he stepped into the jaws of death, and it's hard to believe that he died (in 1975) from an illness, not a crash. Don Sheldon's courage and dedication should serve as examples to us all. A must-read for anyone who likes adventure.
Rating: 5
Summary: The match between Man and Machine
Comment: To Aviators, this story portrays the outstanding performance of a pilot, who understood the limits of himself, and his airplane. This story was often about the upper limits of both, man and, machine, in terrain, ever changing weather, and landing sites, on and around a mountain where most of us would fear to tread. To non-aviators, it is a picture into the understanding of a pilot, whose passion for flying went beyond the boundless freedom of going anywhere, at most anytime, but to a commitment, of using, and improving, his talents, often at risk to his life, in the quest to save the lives of others. What piece of mind to the Adventurers in that territory of Alaska, to know if help was needed, Don Sheldon would put forth his best to come to their aid.
Rating: 4
Summary: Wonderful adventure
Comment: The true story of Don Sheldon, one of Alaska's great bush pilots. You will fly with Don as he rescues people stranded in the bush, lands on glaciers on the flanks of Mount McKinley, lands on rapids in a float plane to rescue military personnel and yes the occasional crash landing. You also learn about some of the mountain climbing expeditions and geographic surveys which Don flew support for. The descriptions of the land, the people and wildlife of Alaska are fantastic. You will come away feeling you have been there. A great story not just about aviation but about how one man made his dream of living on a frontier come true
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Title: Flying the Alaska Wild: The Adventures and Misadventures of an Alaska Bush Pilot by Mort D. Mason ISBN: 0896585891 Publisher: Voyageur Press Pub. Date: June, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Arctic Bush Pilot by James Anderson, Jim Rearden, James Andereson, James "Andy" Anderson as told to Jim Reardon ISBN: 0945397836 Publisher: Graphic Arts Center Publishing Co. Pub. Date: 26 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Heroes of the Horizon: Flying Adventures of Alaska's Legendary Bush Pilots by Gerry Bruder ISBN: 088240363X Publisher: Alaska Northwest Books Pub. Date: September, 1991 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Alaska's Sky Follies: The Funny Side of Flying in the Far North by Joe Rychetnik, Sandy Jamieson ISBN: 0945397445 Publisher: Epicenter Press Pub. Date: October, 1995 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: The Arctic Fox : Bush Pilot of the North Country by John Warren ISBN: 059500329X Publisher: Author's Choice Press Pub. Date: 24 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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