2016, ISBN: 9781474268387

Des Moines, WA: Polynyas Press, 1990. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Robert Howard (Cover design). Format is approximately 9 inches by 11.25 inc… Mehr…

Des Moines, WA: Polynyas Press, 1990. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Robert Howard (Cover design). Format is approximately 9 inches by 11.25 inches. xi, [2], 540-1097, [1] pages. Color frontis. Map. Illustrations. Bibliography. Index. Fep scuffed. Bob Stevens enrolled in the Civilian Pilot Training Program where he first learned to fly. He enlisted in the U. S. Army Air Corps as a private and was honorably discharged September 29, 1943. He eventually became a commercial airline pilot and spent most of his 34 year-long career flying all around Alaska, beginning July 18, 1946 as a DC-3 copilot for Pacific Northern Airlines, retiring as a DC-10 Captain for Western Airlines May 22, 1978. He logged about 26,000 accident-free flight hours. After retirement, In 1990, after 15 years of painstaking research and writing, he published a comprehensive two-volume set: ALASKAN AVIATION HISTORY 1897-1930. May 10, 1998, he was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree, by the University of Alaska, Fairbanks in recognition of his many years of service to the Territory and State of Alaska. Announcing the incredible publishing achievement, the most complete story of Alaskan flight ever compiled, a rare collector's item. Volume 2 covers the busy times of 1929 & 1930. Includes early Canadian flying that is intermeshed with Alaskan history, U.S. Air Service flights in their sturdy biplanes, United States Naval aerial surveys that mapped much of Alaska by camera, grit and determination, early Russian fliers who played a part in Alaska's flying history, Polar flying by Roald Amundsen and other Scandinavian explorers, and hundreds of other fascinating facts, meticulously researched, clearly presented in narrative form and fully indexed. The day-to-day progress of events along with the gripping drama of the more sensational occurrences. The aircraft, the airmen, Alaska & its citizens live within the pages. Gold-stamped hardcover binding., Polynyas Press, 1990, 3, New York: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2016. First edition. Hard cover. New. No dust jacket as issued. . New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 296 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white. Bloomsbury Studies in Military History. Audience: General/trade., Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2016, 6<

2016, ISBN: 9781474268387

Bloomsbury Academic, Gebundene Ausgabe, 296 Seiten, Publiziert: 2016-10-06T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, Hersteller-Nr.: 9781474268387, 1.3 kg, Film, Kunst & Kultur, Kategorien, Bücher,… Mehr…

Bloomsbury Academic, Gebundene Ausgabe, 296 Seiten, Publiziert: 2016-10-06T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, Hersteller-Nr.: 9781474268387, 1.3 kg, Film, Kunst & Kultur, Kategorien, Bücher, Allgemein, Europa, Geschichte nach Ländern, Politik & Geschichte, Großbritannien, Moderne & Postmoderne, Epochen, Militärgeschichte, Geschichte nach Themen, Geschichte allgemein, Bloomsbury Academic, 2016<

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