Netters;
This is a little off the KR subject, but I think I will interject it
anyway. I've spent the last 2 summers flying out of Talkeetna, Alaska...which
was Don Sheldon's base of operations. You might find it interesting to know
that he is credited with crashing 32 airplanes. He is most famous for flying
sick and injured climbers off of Mt. McKinley. He died of cancer in 1974, but
his wife and one of his daughters still live in Talkeetna. His youngest
daughter was one of the original Power Rangers. As far as I know, he never
flew a KR-2.> From: t...@telus.net> To: kr...@mylist.net> Subject: Re: KR> Lost
wing in flight. Video clip- unbelievable-> Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:14:50
-0600> > Alaskan Bush Pilot Don Sheldon.....(book "Wager with the Wind" the Don
> Sheldon Story")> > Lost his wing while flying his Super Cub. This is
recollection of a book I > read over 20yrs ago....>> > Don was over a
marshy/muskeg area and as the Super Cub dropped doing a weird > jiration of a
spin, he figurerd at the last second a control in put may put > the A/C in flat
perhaps being surviable.....He tried it. A/C rotated and > travelled sideways
into the trees surrounding this marsh....Once he climbed > down, lived to fly
another day. Great Book, Great Pilot.> > Coldlake-Tim > > >
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