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Wings Over the Alaska Highway features colour photographs of airports and airstrips along the Alaska Highway, with major colour photography by Bruce McAllister, a U.S. freelance magazine photographer, and text by Peter Corley-Smith, a Canadian aviation writer with four books to his credit. Both authors are high time pilots, and Corley-Smith flew for the RAF (SOE) in World War II and as a helicopter pilot in the Arctic. A must for any pilot who has flown, or dreams about flying the Alaska Highway, this book uncovers unusual stories about each airport, from Dawson Creek to Fairbanks, and covers the Russian Lend-lease. There is also a chapter on the B-26 bombers that crash landed in the Million Dollar Valley in World War II, including exclusive photos of a survivor and his rebuilt bomber.

Aviation History • 208 pp • 11 x 8½
ISBN 0-9638817-7-9 • softcover • $40.00 CAN / $34.95 US
200 colour and b&w photos

Wings Over the Alaska Highway brings back the difficult, exciting days of early bush flying, spotlights man's ongoing battle with nature, recalls the sacrifices made by young military aviators, and shows how contemporary pilots use the highway even today. The mixture of long-ago pictures and contemporary photos brings a "you-are-there" immediacy to this eloquent reminder that many of the comforts we know today were purchased by the sacrifices of those who went before us. It's a fine salute to some long-forgotten pioneers... and an entertaining addition to any aviator's library.

Bob Merrick, book reviewer for CANADIAN FLIGHT,
is a retired RCAF fighter-navigator,
and retiree from the Aviation Safety Programs branch of Transport Canada.