Backcountry pilot : flying adventures with Ike Russell /

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Bowen, Thomas, 1942-
Formato: Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, ©2002.
Colección:Southwest Center series.
Temas:
Russell, Ike, > 1916-1980.
Russell, Ike, > 1916-1980
Bush pilots > United States > Biography.
Bush flying > Southwest, New > Anecdotes.
Bush flying > Mexico > Anecdotes.
Pilotes de brousse > États-Unis > Biographies.
Aviation de brousse > États-Unis (Nouveau Sud-Ouest) > Anecdotes.
Aviation de brousse > Mexique > Anecdotes.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
Bush flying
Bush pilots
Mexico
New Southwest
United States
Biography
Anecdotes
Biographies
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • List of Maps
  • Preface
  • I... The Gulf of California
  • 1. Sinaloa Shootout / Richard Stephen Felger
  • 2. Fuel Is Where You Find It / Paul Dayton
  • 3. Landing in the Dark / Bruce Hayward
  • 4. A Greenhorn in the Gulf / Joy Cooper
  • 5. A Fine Day for Playing Hooky / Cathy Moser Marlett
  • 6. Cebúfaloed in Guaymas / Jaime Armando Maya
  • 7. Flying with Mexican Fruit Flies / Bill Heed
  • 8. Mexico without a Permit / David Policansky
  • 9. In Search of the Wild Boojum / Robert R. Humphrey
  • 10. Of Course There's Enough Gas / Dean Brooks
  • 11. The Search for a Desert Bighorn Lamb / Chuck Hanson
  • 12. Bringing the Desert Bighorn Lamb Home / Jean Russell
  • 13. The One Percent Flight / Thomas Bowen
  • 14. Marooned on a Desert Island / Susan Randolph
  • II... The Sierra Madre Occidental
  • 15. Bones, Boundaries, and the Tarahumara / Bernard L. Fontana
  • 16. Letter from the Rascón Ranch / Jean Russell
  • 17. Chasing Birds in the Sierra Madre / H. Ronald Pulliam
  • III... Africa and Madagascar
  • 18. Corners of the Earth: Africa / Paul S. Martin
  • 19. Looking for Lemurs on the Great Red Island / Alan Walker
  • IV ... Southern Mexico and South America
  • 20. Lights Out in Ixtepec / William T. Starmer
  • 21. A Magical Musical Tour of Mexico / Mary McWhorter
  • 22. Corners of the Earth: South America / Paul S. Martin
  • 23. You Don't Need to Be Relatives to Make a Family / Hector D'Antoni
  • V ... Learning and Teaching
  • 24. First Flight / Paul Dayton
  • 25. The Old Pilot and a Young Stud / Drum Hadley
  • 26. Wearing the Wings / Ken McVicar
  • 27. Lessons from the Master / Peter Marshall
  • 28. Saved / Ronald Jacobowitz
  • 29. Because It's There / Bob Russell
  • 30. Landing a Butterfly / Chuck Hanson
  • 31. Grace / David Russell
  • 32. Closing the Loop / Doug Peacock
  • VI ... Farewell
  • 33. The Grate / Luke Russell
  • 34. Que en Paz Descanse / Bernard L. Fontana
  • VII ... Epilogue
  • Afterword: A Few Words about Ike / Thomas Bowen
  • Glossary
  • About the Contributors
  • Maps
  • 1. Southern Arizona and Northwestern Mexico
  • 2. East Africa and Madagascar
  • 3. South America

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