Famed Alaska bush pilot Jim Tweto took off into gusty winds prior to a fatal plane crash at a remote airstrip near Shaktoolik in June 2023, according to a new National Transportation Safety Board ...

T-3 -- Pilot's helper -- First airplane -- Growing up in Haycock -- Village life -- Working at the mine -- Learning to fly -- Alaska territorial guard -- Alaska scouts -- Segregation -- Early flying - ...

From 1951 to 1959, the FBI and Air Force ran Operation Washtub, a covert program that trained bush pilots, trappers, hunters and miners to operate as covert agents if Soviet paratroopers ever landed ...

Kenneth Jouppi challenges Alaska Supreme Court ruling that upheld forfeiture of his Cessna over three cases of beer as excessive fine.

Introduction : Why Buck Taylor and not Buck Rogers? -- Cowboys, sourdoughs, and Alaska bush pilots -- Mines, mail, and mercy flights -- Mudflat takeoffs and glacier landings -- The copper belt line -- ...

An Alaska man is petitioning the Supreme Court to consider whether the government's seizure of his $95,000 plane for transporting an illicit six-pack of beer is an excessive fine under the Eighth ...

Jim Tweto, known for his appearances on the Discovery TV series "Flying Wild Alaska," and passenger Shane Reynolds were killed in a Friday, June 16, 2023 plane crash near Shaktoolik. (Courtesy ...