Flight of the Red Beaver: A Yukon Bush Pilot Adventure

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Flight of the Red Beaver: A Yukon Bush Pilot Adventure

Airplanes were my first love from earliest boyhood memories, and I watched with awe as World War II fighters streaked overhead. I was born in Spokane, Washington and joined the US Naval Reserve in high school and served six years (two years active duty on the USS Hassayampa AO-145 in the Pacific), being honorably discharged April 25, 1958 at Treasure Island, CA. In 1959 I received my first flight lesson, and after 15 flying hours I purchased a Piper J-3 Cub N 42200 for $900 and later an Aeronca Chief. In the 60s and 70s I was a commercial pilot (Bush Pilot) in northern Canada and flew Super Cubs, Cessna 185s, de Havilland Beavers, Otters, Twin Engine Beach 18 - sea planes, Piper Aztecs and the last two licensed B-25s in Canada (WW II Bombers used for water bombing forest fires). In 1971 I began flying my favorite sea plane THE RED BEAVER CF-IBP into the beautiful, vast, and rugged wilderness of the Yukon, NW Territories and British Columbia, a land of wild rivers, thousands of pristine lakes, great fishing, and abundant wildlife, and logged over 4,000 hours in sea planes. On June 30, 2003 I happily retired to my home in the small, quaint farming town of Fairfield, Washington, just south of Spokane. I enjoy hiking and kayaking with my grandchildren, traveling, exploring, reading, writing, flying and sometimes I dream that I'm once again flying THE RED BEAVER. Stories of close calls, a crash in a ski plane on a frozen lake, watching packs of wolves (Larryâ€™s favorite wild animal), listening to the lonely haunting cry of the loon (the voice of the wilderness) and grizzly bear encounters abound. But itâ€™s also about the fulfillment of a boyhood dream to go north, build a cabin and live off the land.

Country	USA
Author	Larry Whitesitt
Binding	Paperback
Brand	Brand: Larry L. Whitesitt
EAN	9780962908514
Edition	Third
Feature	Used Book in Good Condition
ISBN	0962908517
Label	Larry L. Whitesitt
Manufacturer	Larry L. Whitesitt
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	318
PublicationDate	2010-01-01
Publisher	Larry L. Whitesitt
SKU	504461703
Studio	Larry L. Whitesitt
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Flight of the Red Beaver: A Yukon Bush Pilot Adventure

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