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NPS/B. Washburn photo

Pioneering a route up McKinley's West Buttress

“We were going to try what time after time had been declared impossible—to climb McKinley’s rugged West Buttress. More exciting still, we were going to try to do at least a third of the climb by airplane” -- Bradford Washburn, 1951.

Colleen Mondor

Sequester furloughs in rural Alaska could handicap aviators

Perhaps the most significant issue for Alaska aviators involves National Weather Service personnel in 19 offices across Alaska, who are scheduled for furloughs this summer. Colleen Mondor
May 20, 2013

Controlled fire planned this week at Anchorage International Airport

You may see big billowing plumes of smoke this week, coming from nearby the Anchorage international airport. How big a deal are the live-fire exercises? It depends on where you live.Colleen Mondor
May 15, 2013

Alaska bush pilot makes history, enriches science with expeditions over both poles

Alaska bush pilot Art Mortvedt, who owns a lodge in the Brooks Range, is the first person to cross to cross both the North and South poles in a single-engine aircraft. His contributions to science as a citizen researcher have left a mark. Colleen Mondor
May 13, 2013

'Wrangell Mountain Skyboys': New exhibit unearths untold aviation history

For a century, Alaskans have sought to capitalize on aviation by using airplanes to improve their lives and work. A new supplement to the "Arctic Flight" exhibition explores the role pilots played in building a mining economy in midst of the challenging Wrangell Mountains terrain.Colleen Mondor
May 11, 2013

In times of pricey AvGas, an airborne beacon of solar-powered hope

Solar-powered aviation: Don't cancel your AvGas account just yet, but scientists and explorers have invented an airplane that flies without using one drop of fuel. They're working to raise awareness about the possibilities for renewable energy in aviation. Colleen Mondor
May 8, 2013

Bethel museum seeks artifacts for 'Early Bush Pilots of the Y-K Delta' exhibit

The Yupiit Piciryarait Museum in Bethel, Alaska, is looking forward to celebrating the village’s long association with aviation next month with an exhibit on area Bush pilots.Colleen Mondor
May 7, 2013

Photos: Great Alaska Aviation Gathering

Event organizers say the festival has grown to be more of a social gathering than a typical trade show, thanks to hundreds of volunteers and Alaska's tight-knit aviation community.

Laurel Andrews
May 6, 2013

Historic warbird sunk in Tanana River nearly half-century ago finds a savior

A Michigan man has spent the last 10 years obsessing over a B-25 Mitchell bomber planted in a Tanana River sandbar since the first Nixon administration. Now he's got the go-ahead to recover the "Sandbar Mitchell" and rebuild it for a museum exhibit.Colleen Mondor
May 4, 2013

Photos: Resurrecting a WWII-era bomber from the Tanana River

A Michigan man has spent 10 years obsessing over a B-25 Mitchell bomber planted in a Tanana River sandbar since the first Nixon administration. Now he's got the go-ahead to recover the "Sandbar Mitchell" and rebuild it for a warbirds museum exhibit.

Colleen Mondor
May 4, 2013

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