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David Pisurayak Kootook, MSC, (August 13, 1958 – December 1, 1972 [1] [2]) was an Inuk boy from Spence Bay, Northwest Territories (now Nunavut) who helped save the life of bush pilot Marten Hartwell after a crash in the Canadian Arctic.
Sir Robert Henry Norman OBE (30 January 1914 – 3 April 2007) was an Australian aviator and businessman, best known for establishing Bush Pilot Airways, which later became Air Queensland.
Noorduyn Norseman float plane in Alaska, 1950. Bush flying refers to aircraft operations carried out in the bush.Bush flying involves operations in rough terrain where there are often no prepared landing strips or runways, frequently necessitating that bush planes be equipped with abnormally large tires, skis, skids or any other equipment necessary for unpaved runway operation.
The Trump administration has carried out 10 deportations on military planes so far. They cost more and move fewer migrants than charters.
Beryl Markham (born Clutterbuck; 26 October 1902 – 3 August 1986) was a Kenyan aviator born in England (one of the first bush pilots), adventurer, racehorse trainer and author.
On November 8, 1972, Hartwell was given a charter to fly from Cambridge Bay, Northwest Territories (now Nunavut) with three passengers who had just arrived from Spence Bay; a pregnant Inuk woman named Neemee Nulliayok, a 14-year-old Inuk boy named David Pisurayak Kootook (who was suffering from appendicitis), and an attending government nurse named Judy Hill. [3]
Elizabeth Everts Greene (24 June 1920 – 10 April 1997), known as Betty Greene, was an American missionary pilot.. Greene was born in Seattle on 24 June 1920, and started taking flying lessons in 1936.
George W. Bush joined the 147th Fighter-Interceptor Group of the Texas Air National Guard on May 27, 1968, during the Vietnam War.He committed to serve until May 26, 1974, with two years on active duty while training to fly and four years on part-time duty. [1]