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Broken wings : aviation disasters in Alaska
Record details
- ISBN: 1594334722
- ISBN: 9781594334726
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Physical Description:
288 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
print - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Anchorage, Alaska : Publication Consultants, 2014.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | This is an updated version of "Broken wings: tragedy and disaster in Alaska civil aviation." It includes additional photographs, and an additional accident that occurred since the original version was published in 2003. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-278) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction -- Part I. The pioneers -- Dauntless Spirit. Russel Merrill, Travel Air 7000, September 16, 1929 -- Legend of the Arctic. Carl Ben Eielson, Hamilton H-45, November 9, 1929 -- Down in the wilderness. Paddy Burke, Junkers F-13 / Pat Renehan, Lockheed MB-5, October 10, 1930/October 28, 1930 -- Good Old Boys. Wiley Post & Will Rogers, Lockheed Orion-Explorer, August 15, 1935 -- His luck ran out. Harold Gillam, Lockheed Electra 10B, January 5, 1943 -- Lost and found. Clarence Rhode, Grumman G-21A, August 21, 1958 -- Part II. Southeast Panhandle -- Crash on Tamgas Mountain. Pan American Airways, Douglas DC-4A, October 26, 1947 -- Final approach. Columbia Air Cargo, Douglas DC-3, November 27, 1947 -- Impact on Mount Crillon. General Airways, Douglas DC-3C, January 12, 1952 -- Disaster at 14,000 feet. Northwest Airlines, Douglas DC-7C, June 3, 1963 -- Tragedy near Juneau. Alaska Airlines, Boeing B-727, September 4, 1971 -- Wreckage in Sumner Strait. Webber Airlines, Grumman G-21A, August 25, 1978 -- Part III. Soutwest Peninsula and the Aleutians -- Circling approach at Cold Bay. Canadian Pacific Air Lines, Douglas DC-6B, August 29, 1956 -- Great Sitkin Island. Reeve Aleutian Airways, Douglas C-54B, September 24, 1959 -- Below the glide path. Alaska Airlines, Douglas DC-6A, July 21, 1961 -- Turbulence over Pedro Bay. Wien Consolidated Airlines, Fairchild F-27B, December 2, 1968 -- Low and off course. World Airways, Douglas DC-8-63F, September 8, 1973 -- An accumulation of errors. Alaska Aeronautical Industries, DeHavilland DHC-6-200, September 6, 1977 -- The danger of icing. Peninsula Airlines, Cessna CE-208B, October 10, 2001 -- Part IV. Southcentral region -- Fire on the mountain and a tale of lost gold. Northwest Airlines, Douglas DC-4, March 12, 1948 -- Without warning. Alaska Airlines, Douglas DC-3, January 20, 1949 -- A tombe of ice. Pacific Northern Airlines, Lockheed L-749A, June 14th, 1960 -- Unforeseen circumstances. Capitol International Airways, Douglas DC-8-63F, November 27, 1970 -- A matter of intoxication. Japan Airlines, Douglas DC-8-62F, January 13, 1977 -- An accident waiting to happen. Ryan Air Service, Beech 1900C, November 23, 1987 -- Brief departure. Rediske Air, DeHavilland DHC-3T, July 07, 2013 -- Part V. Interior and Western Region -- Whiteout. Pan American Airways, Pilgrim 100-B, April 6, 1944 -- Trust your instruments. Transocean Air Lines, Curtiss C-46F, December 30, 1951 -- Pushing a bad situation. Wien Air Alaska, Fairchild F-27B, August 30, 1975 -- Russian Mission. Northern Air Cargo, Douglas DC-6A, July 20, 1996 -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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| Subject: | Aircraft accidents Alaska History Aeronautics, Commercial Alaska History Aeronautics Alaska History |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Homer Public Library | AK 629.13 LIE (Text) | 000114292 | Alaskana -- Nonfiction | Available | - |