Winging It!: Pioneer Alaskan Aviator: Caribou Classics
Autor Jack Jefford Editat de Carmen Jefford Fisher, Mark Fisheren Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 mar 2009
Jack Jefford saw his first plane in 1916 at the age of six and he was hooked. By 1937 he was flying planes in Nome, Alaska and in three short years he became the Chief Pilot of the FAA. He daily faced the dangers of Alaska’s skies, helped settle a frontier, and managed to survive long enough to share a lifetime of stories—delivering mail by plane, hunting coyotes, counting reindeer, transporting prisoners and congressmen, and rescuing the lost and injured, often at great risk to himself.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780882408163
ISBN-10: 088240816X
Pagini: 319
Ilustrații: 61
Dimensiuni: 153 x 228 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Ediția:Second Edition,.
Editura: ALASKA NORTHWEST BOOKS
Seria Caribou Classics
ISBN-10: 088240816X
Pagini: 319
Ilustrații: 61
Dimensiuni: 153 x 228 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Ediția:Second Edition,.
Editura: ALASKA NORTHWEST BOOKS
Seria Caribou Classics
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Cuprins
Foreword by Carmen Jefford Fisher Page 11
Part 1: Riding the Grub Line Pages 15 - 58
Becoming a Pilot, The Voice from the Sky,
Riding the Grub Line, Barnstorming,
Coyote Slayer, Crossroads, Broken Bow,
Flying the Weather, Hastings, Kelly One & Kelly Two,
Part 2: Foul-Weather Flyer Pages 59 - 96
Nome, Working the Mines, Henry Gumm Goes South,
and Brother Hansen Returns Home, To Cordova in the Vega,
Foul-Weather Flyer, The Crackups
Part 3: There's More to the Job than Flying Pages 97 - 152
The Girls and the Godfather, Gold Fever,
The Reindeer Study, Progress in the Cockpit,
Crash on the Darby Mountains, Groping up the
Yukon, Guiding the Columbia, Evacuation of Jack Devine,
Stinson-A Trimotor, The Marshall and Miss Alaska,
Missing Pilots, The Reindeer Acquisition.
Part 4: Patrol Pilot Pages 153 - 196
Signed on with the CAA, General Buckner,
DLAND at West Ruby, Injured Man Aboard,
War, The Queen Mary, Horning's Ordeal,
The Boeing 247, A Tale of Two Cessnas,
Part 5: King Chris Pages 197 - 235
King Chris, Wartime Flight to Attu,
A Night at North Shore Umnak, The Waipio Inveiglement,
Shungnak Snafu, Torture Flight to Seattle, Summer
Landing, CAA Christmas, They Come and They Go,
Part 6: Gold Medalist Pages 236 - 285
Hinchinbrook Beach Landing, Tragedy at
Port Heiden, Fuel Oil Blues, The Rescue
of Cliff Uzzell, Juneau Backfire, The Black Cat's
Path, Taylor Weather, Fiddling Around in Nome,
Gold Medalist
Part 7: Into the Jet Age Pages 286 - 314
N-123, Trouble in the C-123, The Flying X-Rays,
Saberliner Jet School, McKinley Rescue,
Back to Nome on the Iditarod
Index Pages 315 - 319
Epitaph: Jack Jefford 1910 - 1979 Page 320
Part 1: Riding the Grub Line Pages 15 - 58
Becoming a Pilot, The Voice from the Sky,
Riding the Grub Line, Barnstorming,
Coyote Slayer, Crossroads, Broken Bow,
Flying the Weather, Hastings, Kelly One & Kelly Two,
Part 2: Foul-Weather Flyer Pages 59 - 96
Nome, Working the Mines, Henry Gumm Goes South,
and Brother Hansen Returns Home, To Cordova in the Vega,
Foul-Weather Flyer, The Crackups
Part 3: There's More to the Job than Flying Pages 97 - 152
The Girls and the Godfather, Gold Fever,
The Reindeer Study, Progress in the Cockpit,
Crash on the Darby Mountains, Groping up the
Yukon, Guiding the Columbia, Evacuation of Jack Devine,
Stinson-A Trimotor, The Marshall and Miss Alaska,
Missing Pilots, The Reindeer Acquisition.
Part 4: Patrol Pilot Pages 153 - 196
Signed on with the CAA, General Buckner,
DLAND at West Ruby, Injured Man Aboard,
War, The Queen Mary, Horning's Ordeal,
The Boeing 247, A Tale of Two Cessnas,
Part 5: King Chris Pages 197 - 235
King Chris, Wartime Flight to Attu,
A Night at North Shore Umnak, The Waipio Inveiglement,
Shungnak Snafu, Torture Flight to Seattle, Summer
Landing, CAA Christmas, They Come and They Go,
Part 6: Gold Medalist Pages 236 - 285
Hinchinbrook Beach Landing, Tragedy at
Port Heiden, Fuel Oil Blues, The Rescue
of Cliff Uzzell, Juneau Backfire, The Black Cat's
Path, Taylor Weather, Fiddling Around in Nome,
Gold Medalist
Part 7: Into the Jet Age Pages 286 - 314
N-123, Trouble in the C-123, The Flying X-Rays,
Saberliner Jet School, McKinley Rescue,
Back to Nome on the Iditarod
Index Pages 315 - 319
Epitaph: Jack Jefford 1910 - 1979 Page 320
Recenzii
“…a superb portrait of flying when pilots were as tough as their professional environment.” ߝErnest K. Gann
“…some of the most fascinating stories ever to come out of Alaska….gripping tales of early bush flying…the colorful story of one of the great early pilots” ߝLowell Thomas, Jr.Notă biografică
Jack Jefford (1910-1979) was a natural storyteller and a pioneering giant of Alaskan aviation history. He was a "pilot's pilot," who flew so well he figured in scores of dramatic rescue flights. He also helped develop the aerial trailways that are flown today by commercial jets.
At the urging of his daughter Carmen, he began recording his stories while sitting in his favorite chair with a glass of whiskey nearby. Over five years, he made 18 tapes, which his daughter and her husband Mark transcribed and edited with the help of aviation journalist Cliff Cernick.
The result is a collection of fascinating aviation stories ever to come out of Alaska. From Jack's barnstorming days in Nebraska to his role as FAA Chief Pilot in Alaska, he was one of the best bush pilots who became a legend in his own time.
At the urging of his daughter Carmen, he began recording his stories while sitting in his favorite chair with a glass of whiskey nearby. Over five years, he made 18 tapes, which his daughter and her husband Mark transcribed and edited with the help of aviation journalist Cliff Cernick.
The result is a collection of fascinating aviation stories ever to come out of Alaska. From Jack's barnstorming days in Nebraska to his role as FAA Chief Pilot in Alaska, he was one of the best bush pilots who became a legend in his own time.
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From the Foreword
My father, Jack Jefford, was an excellent story teller. Whether he was addressing a banquet or just shooting the breeze with friends, people enjoyed his abiblity to see humor in the things that happened to him. And quite a few things happened in the course of his career as a pilot.
One summer Dad began telling some of his adventures to a tape recorder. Over a five-year period, he made eighteen tapes. My husband, Mark and I transcribed, organized, and edited the stories, always striving not to change Dad's conversational style.
--------Carmen Jefford Fisher
My father, Jack Jefford, was an excellent story teller. Whether he was addressing a banquet or just shooting the breeze with friends, people enjoyed his abiblity to see humor in the things that happened to him. And quite a few things happened in the course of his career as a pilot.
One summer Dad began telling some of his adventures to a tape recorder. Over a five-year period, he made eighteen tapes. My husband, Mark and I transcribed, organized, and edited the stories, always striving not to change Dad's conversational style.
--------Carmen Jefford Fisher
Extras
“Whenever you cracked up, the CAA required you to fill out a form describing the accident. It delved into your background—date of birth, height, color of hair, number of teeth, and all that garbage. Then it asked where you’d learned to fly, the number of flying hours you had, previous crackups, etc. etc. And then there was this clincher: ‘general ability as pilot.’ Now, it’s been my experience that no pilot is going to bad mouth himself. So whenever I answered the question, I’d always say at least ‘excellent.’ However, pilot Murrell Sasseen, who had a really dry sense of humor, made what I considered the classic response. He’d just had two recent crackups when he piled up again on the golf course in Anchorage. As he was filling out his third form, he came to ‘general ability as pilot.’ He pondered awhile, then wrote, ‘I used to think I was pretty good, but lately I’ve begun to wonder.’” Foul-Weather-Flyer: The Crackups, pg 85
Descriere
Jack Jefford saw his first plane in 1916 at the age of six and he was hooked. By 1937 he was flying planes in Nome, Alaska and in three short years he became the Chief Pilot of the FAA. He daily faced the dangers of Alaska’s skies, helped settle a frontier, and managed to survive long enough to share a lifetime of stories—delivering mail by plane, hunting coyotes, counting reindeer, transporting prisoners and congressmen, and rescuing the lost and injured, often at great risk to himself.