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Flying in the frigid north has long been a fascination of many. What does it take to land on a glacier with only your intuition to guide you? What does it feel like to fly through a storm knowing that to survive you must land in rugged terrain in a clearing the size of a dime and then walk 300 kilometres through minus-forty-degree-celsius weather to the nearest village.
That was the life of a Yukon bush pilot, a daredevil who flew on “bush sense” and nerves of steel, whose best friend was a plane with limited technology. It is these bush pilots with “vision beyond” who inspired the technology and the legends that have shaped modern aviation.
In this Community Stories exhibit, the Yukon Transportation Museum explores the advent of Yukon aviation, a development that changed the face of the north, opening up the frozen wilderness to visitors and permanent residents.
