Joe Rychetnik

collection of anecdotes about mishaps and near disasters he experienced flying with bush pilots in Alaska during the 1960s and '70s.
This book is full of stories of the daring and courage of Alaska's special breed of seat-of-the-pants aviators. They include the near-misses, when all you could do was shake off the fear and laugh when it was over. Joe Rychetnik was a veteran of the World War II invasion of Okinawa and was a U.S. Marines photographer during the Korean War. He began collecting his Alaska aviation tales after coming to the new state in 1959 as Anchorage bureau chief for United Press International.… (plus d'informations)