The Map of My Dead Pilots: The Dangerous Game of Flying in Alaska
Language: English
Published by Lyons Press / Globe Pequot Press, Guilford, Connecticut, U.S.A., 2012
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- Title
- The Map of My Dead Pilots: The Dangerous Game of Flying in Alaska
- Author
- Mondor, Colleen
- Publisher
- Lyons Press / Globe Pequot Press, Guilford, Connecticut, U.S.A.
- Publication year
- 2012
- Condition
- Near Fine-
- Dust jacket
- Near Fine-
- Book Type
- Ex-Library
- Binding
- Hard Cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0762773618
- ISBN 13
- 9780762773619
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing.
- Seller catalogs
- Aviation & Astronautics, Biographies & Memoirs, Business & Economics
Northern Exposure meets Air America in this expose of the daily life and death insanity of commercial flying in Alaska
The Map of My Dead Pilots is about flying, pilots, and Alaskaand, more specifically, about those pilots who take death-defying risks in the Last Frontier and sometimes pay the price. Colleen Mondor spent four years running dispatch operations for a Fairbanks-based commuter and charter airlineand she knows all too well the gap between the romance and reality of small plane piloting in the wildest territory of the United States. From overloaded aircraft to wings covered in ice, from flying sled dogs and dead bodies, piloting in Alaska is about living hard and working harder. What Mondor witnessed day to day would make anyones hair stand on end.
Ultimately, it is the pilots themselveslaced with ice and whiskey, death and camaraderie, silence and engine roarwho capture her imagination. In fine detail, Mondor reveals the technical side of flying, the history of Alaskan aviation, and a world that demands a close communion with extreme physical danger and emotional toughness. The Map of My Dead Pilots is an engrossing narrative whose gritty, no-holds-barred style is reminiscent of the works of Ken Kesey and Tim OBrien.
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About the Author
Colleen Mondor is a longtime columnist and reviewer for Bookslut and book reviewer for Booklist whose essays have appeared in several journals and aviation magazines. She currently owns an aviation business. Her blog can be found at chasingray.com.
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