T-3 -- Pilot's helper -- First airplane -- Growing up in Haycock -- Village life -- Working at the mine -- Learning to fly -- Alaska territorial guard -- Alaska scouts -- Segregation -- Early flying - ...

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Famed Alaska bush pilot Jim Tweto took off into gusty winds prior to a fatal plane crash at a remote airstrip near Shaktoolik in June 2023, according to a new National Transportation Safety Board ...