Alaska Flying: September 2009

Monday, September 28, 2009

Deadhorse & Alpine

Flying between the layers

Alpine

Deadhorse airport

DC6 shadow over the North Slope
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Thursday, September 3, 2009

Lagoon Landing Strip

Josh is the engineer on the DC6 that is landing.
Photos taken around March 2009
North Slope Alaska
Photo credit goes to N. Tifeki.
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A Dreamer's Job

A dreamer’s job, being an airline pilot, flying around the globe and back again. Heck even if you never leave Alaska this job is a one-of-a-kind adventure, especially when you are flying a Douglas DC6. In 1953 the DC6 would whisk 95 people to Europe overnight and today it hauls cargo big and small to all parts of this great land. When you start your piloting career out as a Flight Engineer, an important member of the DC6 crew, you know you have built the foundation for the best stories in your library.