Summaries

A true life adventure set in 60's Alaska, Documenting a young pilots life who through it all, meets his creator God and finds life's true meaning. Based on the book "Last of the Long Hunters" by Mark Rose (2015) This story records the life of a young pilot flying in Alaska's Frontier Arctic. You'll experience the front seat thrills of bush planes and helicopters operating in the most dangerous conditions on Earth. Flying in minus 60 temperatures and horrific storms, airborne among the magnificent mountains, glaciers and rivers that only Alaska has to offer. Once you've read this volume you'll not be satisfied until you visit Alaska yourself. Includes true-life experiences of accidents, comradeship, humor, heartbreaks and life in Frontier Alaska, gone forever when dismantled into parks and native lands in the 1970's.—Mark Rose

This story follows the life of a young pilot who flew in Alaska's frontier arctic. Experience the front-seat thrills of bush planes and helicopters operating in the most dangerous conditions on earth, airborne among the magnificent mountains, glaciers and rivers that only Alaska has to offer. Includes true-life experiences of accidents, comradeship, humor and heartbreak of life in early Alaska, gone forever when dismantled into parks in the 1980's. Based on the book Last of the Long Hunters by Mark Rose, the scene opens with an early history of the Great Land and those that lived in it through interviews with several life-long Alaskans, including Hilda Lidner, Ray Atkins and Gale Ranny to name a few. Leading up to the introduction of the authors use of a new tool of transport - the single engine airplane, but not without extracting a terrible price. Experience what it was like to growing up among the dangerous game, hunting the massive caribou herds and absorbing the greatness of the county. Pilots will gain from the flying experiences related, and every boy, man and aviator will be compelled to grapple with its final truth, concluding with a crisis encounter that forever changed the pilot's life. Filmed on Location in Alaska. Premiere's Spring 2020.

Details

Keywords
  • alaska
  • flying
  • brown bear
  • caribou
  • mount mckinley alaska
Genres
  • Adventure
  • Biography
Release date Mar 29, 2020
Countries of origin United States
Language English
Filming locations Talkeetna, Alaska, USA

Box office

Budget $500000

Tech specs

Runtime 53m
Color Color
Aspect ratio 16:9 HD

Synopsis

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