floatplane

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• I arrived in Anchorage early in the morning on the Fourth of July, a day before my group and I would be shuttled up to Talkeetna by van and then deposited in the backcountry by floatplane.

  Five Women. One Wilderness. Zero Mansplaining. | jversteegh | December 7, 2021 | Outside Online

• It begins with a floatplane that departs from the hamlet of Port Alsworth and drops you deep inside Katmai, landing wherever the pilot can safely touch down.

  Come Travel with Outside on These Adventures of a Lifetime | jversteegh | October 4, 2021 | Outside Online

• The flight to Metlakatla, where she’d be meeting patients in person, was her first floatplane ride and her first trip off the road system.

  In Alaska, Commercial Aviation Is a Lifeline. The State Is Also Home to a Growing Share of the Country’s Deadly Crashes. | by Zoë Sobel, KUCB, and Agnel Philip, ProPublica | June 16, 2021 | ProPublica