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Bush flying

Index Bush flying

Bush flying refers to aircraft operations carried out in the bush. [1]

77 relations: Airco DH.4, Airmail, Airplane, Alaska, Armistice of 11 November 1918, Arthur Massey Berry, Australia, Beryl Markham, Bush Pilot: Reflections on a Canadian Myth, Bush plane, Businessperson, Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre, Canadian dollar, Canadians, Capital (economics), Carl Ben Eielson, Cartography, Conventional landing gear, Cross-country flying, Curtiss HS, Curtiss JN-4, Earl Frederick Crabb, Eastern Canada, Edmonton, Edmonton Journal, Ernest Joseph Boffa, Fairbanks, Alaska, Farm, Forester, Fuselage, Grant McConachie, Hugh Lamprey, John Emilius Fauquier, Joseph Clarke (politician), Lac-à-la-Tortue, Quebec, Lamb Air, List of postal entities, Marten Hartwell, Mathematics, Max Ward (aviator), McGrath, Alaska, Milke, Montreal, National Film Board of Canada, Noel Wien, North Dakota, Northern Canada, Outback, Pearl Laska Chamberlain, Post office, ..., Punch Dickins, Quebec, Real estate, Robert Campbell Reeve, Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, Royal Naval Air Service, Russ Baker (pilot), Russel Merrill, Rusty Blakey, Saint-Maurice River, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Scandinavia, Science, Seaplane, Ski, The Bush (Alaska), Tricycle landing gear, Tundra tire, Underwriting, United States Navy, Welland Phipps, Western Canada, Wetaskiwin, Wildfire, Wilfred Leigh Brintnell, Wop May, World War I. Expand index (27 more) »

Airco DH.4

The Airco DH.4 was a British two-seat biplane day bomber of the First World War.

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Airmail

Airmail (or air mail) is a mail transport service branded and sold on the basis of at least one leg of its journey being by air.

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Airplane

An airplane or aeroplane (informally plane) is a powered, fixed-wing aircraft that is propelled forward by thrust from a jet engine, propeller or rocket engine.

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Alaska

Alaska (Alax̂sxax̂) is a U.S. state located in the northwest extremity of North America.

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Armistice of 11 November 1918

The Armistice of 11 November 1918 was the armistice that ended fighting on land, sea and air in World War I between the Allies and their last opponent, Germany.

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Arthur Massey Berry

Arthur Massey "Matt" Berry (June 19, 1888 – May 12, 1970) was a pioneering Canadian bush pilot.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.

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Beryl Markham

Beryl Markham (née Clutterbuck; 26 October 1902 – 3 August 1986) was a British-born Kenyan aviator (one of the first bush pilots), adventurer, racehorse trainer and author.

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Bush Pilot: Reflections on a Canadian Myth

Bush Pilot: Reflections on a Canadian Myth is a 22-minute Canadian documentary film, made in 1980 by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and directed by Norma Bailey and Robert Lower.

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Bush plane

A bush airplane is a general aviation aircraft used to provide both scheduled and unscheduled passenger and freight services to remote, undeveloped areas, such as the Canadian north or bush, Alaskan tundra, the African bush, or the Australian Outback.

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Businessperson

A business person (also businessman or businesswoman) is a person involved in the business sector – in particular someone undertaking activities (commercial or industrial) for the purpose of generating cash flow, sales, and revenue utilizing a combination of human, financial, intellectual and physical capital with a view to fuelling economic development and growth.

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Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre

Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre (CBHC), located on the north bank of the St. Marys River in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada, is dedicated to preserving the history of bush flying and forest protection in Canada.

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Canadian dollar

The Canadian dollar (symbol: $; code: CAD; dollar canadien) is the currency of Canada.

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Canadians

Canadians (Canadiens / Canadiennes) are people identified with the country of Canada.

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Capital (economics)

In economics, capital consists of an asset that can enhance one's power to perform economically useful work.

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Carl Ben Eielson

Carl Benjamin "Ben" Eielson (July 20, 1897 – November 9, 1929) was an American aviator, bush pilot and explorer.

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Cartography

Cartography (from Greek χάρτης chartēs, "papyrus, sheet of paper, map"; and γράφειν graphein, "write") is the study and practice of making maps.

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Conventional landing gear

Conventional landing gear, or tailwheel-type landing gear, is an aircraft undercarriage consisting of two main wheels forward of the center of gravity and a small wheel or skid to support the tail.

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Cross-country flying

Cross-Country flying (XC flying) is a type of distance flying which is performed in a powered aircraft on legs over a given distance and in operations between two points using navigational techniques; and an unpowered aircraft (paraglider, hang glider or sailplane) by using upcurrents to gain altitude for extended flying time.

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Curtiss HS

The Curtiss HS was a single-engined patrol flying boat built for the United States Navy during World War I. Large numbers were built from 1917 to 1919, with the type being used to carry out anti-submarine patrols from bases in France from June 1918.

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Curtiss JN-4

The Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny" was one of a series of "JN" biplanes built by the Curtiss Aeroplane Company of Hammondsport, New York, later the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company.

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Earl Frederick Crabb

Lieutenant (later Major) Earl Frederick Crabb (March 27, 1899 – October 18, 1986) was a World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories.

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Eastern Canada

Eastern Canada (also the Eastern provinces) is generally considered to be the region of Canada east of Manitoba, consisting of the following provinces.

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Edmonton

Edmonton (Cree: Amiskwaciy Waskahikan; Blackfoot: Omahkoyis) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta.

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Edmonton Journal

The Edmonton Journal is a daily newspaper in Edmonton, Alberta.

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Ernest Joseph Boffa

Ernest Joseph Boffa (April 16, 1904 – March 8, 2004) was a pioneering Canadian bush pilot.

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Fairbanks, Alaska

Fairbanks is a home rule city and the borough seat of the Fairbanks North Star Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska.

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Farm

A farm is an area of land that is devoted primarily to agricultural processes with the primary objective of producing food and other crops; it is the basic facility in food production.

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Forester

A forester is a person who practices forestry, the science, art, and profession of managing forests.

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Fuselage

The fuselage (from the French fuselé "spindle-shaped") is an aircraft's main body section.

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Grant McConachie

George William Grant McConachie (April 24, 1909 – June 29, 1965) was a Canadian bush pilot and businessman who became CEO of Canadian Pacific Airlines (CPA).

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Hugh Lamprey

Hugh Lamprey (2 August 1928 - 10 February 1996) was a British ecologist and bush pilot.

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John Emilius Fauquier

Air Commodore John Emilius "Johnny" Fauquier, (March 19, 1909 – April 3, 1981) was a Canadian aviator and Second World War Bomber Command leader.

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Joseph Clarke (politician)

Joseph Andrew Clarke (September 20, 1869 – July 27, 1941) was a Canadian politician and lawyer.

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Lac-à-la-Tortue, Quebec

Lac-à-la-Tortue was a small town in the administrative region of Mauricie, in the province of Quebec, Canada.

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Lamb Air

Lamb Air Ltd. was an airline that began operations in 1934 in The Pas, Manitoba, Canada and went out of business in 1981.

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List of postal entities

This is a list of postal entities by country.

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Marten Hartwell

Marten Hartwell (1925 – April 2, 2013) was a German-Canadian bush pilot in the Canadian Arctic.

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Mathematics

Mathematics (from Greek μάθημα máthēma, "knowledge, study, learning") is the study of such topics as quantity, structure, space, and change.

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Max Ward (aviator)

Maxwell "Max" William Ward, (born 22 November 1921) is a Canadian aviator and founder of Wardair airlines, at one time, the third-largest air carrier in Canada.

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McGrath, Alaska

McGrath (Tochak’ in Upper Kuskokwim, Digenegh in Deg Xinag) is a city and village on the Kuskokwim River in Alaska, United States.

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Milke

Milke is a surname.

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Montreal

Montreal (officially Montréal) is the most populous municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec and the second-most populous municipality in Canada.

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National Film Board of Canada

The National Film Board of Canada (or simply National Film Board or NFB) (French: Office national du film du Canada, or ONF) is Canada's public film and digital media producer and distributor.

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Noel Wien

Noel Wien (June 8, 1899July 19, 1977) was an American pioneer aviator.

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North Dakota

North Dakota is a U.S. state in the midwestern and northern regions of the United States.

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Northern Canada

Northern Canada, colloquially the North, is the vast northernmost region of Canada variously defined by geography and politics.

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Outback

The Outback is the vast, remote interior of Australia.

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Pearl Laska Chamberlain

Pearl Laska Chamberlain (born Lelia Pearl Bragg; April 29, 1909 – November 22, 2012) learned to fly in a Kinner Fleet bi-plane in 1933 and held a pilot’s certificate until she was 97.

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Post office

A post office is a customer service facility forming part of a national postal system.

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Punch Dickins

Clennell Haggerston "Punch" Dickins (January 12, 1899 – August 2, 1995) was a pioneering Canadian aviator and bush pilot.

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Quebec

Quebec (Québec)According to the Canadian government, Québec (with the acute accent) is the official name in French and Quebec (without the accent) is the province's official name in English; the name is.

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Real estate

Real estate is "property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as crops, minerals or water; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this (also) an item of real property, (more generally) buildings or housing in general.

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Robert Campbell Reeve

Robert Campbell "Bob" Reeve (March 27, 1902 – August 25, 1980) was the founder of Reeve Aleutian Airways.

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Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia

The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia (RFDS, informally known as The Flying Doctor) is one of the largest and most comprehensive aeromedical organisations in the world.

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Royal Naval Air Service

The Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) was the air arm of the Royal Navy, under the direction of the Admiralty's Air Department, and existed formally from 1 July 1914Admiralty Circular CW.13963/14, 1 July 1914: "Royal Naval Air Service – Organisation" to 1 April 1918, when it was merged with the British Army's Royal Flying Corps to form a new service, the Royal Air Force, the first of its kind in the world.

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Russ Baker (pilot)

Russ Baker (1910 to 1958) was a Canadian bush pilot and founder of Pacific Western Airlines.

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Russel Merrill

Russel ("Russ") Hyde Merrill (April 8, 1894 – September 16, 1929) was an Alaskan aviation pioneer.

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Rusty Blakey

Thurston "Rusty" Blakey (December 12, 1911 – October 11, 1986) was a pioneering Canadian aviator and bush pilot.

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Saint-Maurice River

The Saint-Maurice River (Atikamekw: Tapiskwan sipi) flows North to South in central Quebec from Gouin Reservoir to empty into the Saint Lawrence River at Trois-Rivières, in province of Quebec, in Canada.

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Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

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Scandinavia

Scandinavia is a region in Northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural and linguistic ties.

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Science

R. P. Feynman, The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol.1, Chaps.1,2,&3.

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Seaplane

A seaplane is a powered fixed-wing aircraft capable of taking off and landing (alighting) on water.

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Ski

A ski is a narrow strip of semi-rigid material worn underfoot to glide over snow.

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The Bush (Alaska)

In Alaska, the bush typically refers to any region of the State not connected to the North American road network or ready access to the State's Ferry System.

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Tricycle landing gear

Tricycle gear is a type of aircraft undercarriage, or landing gear, arranged in a tricycle fashion.

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Tundra tire

A tundra tire (UK: tundra tyre) is a large low-pressure tire used on light aircraft to allow operations on rough terrain.

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Underwriting

Underwriting services are provided by some large specialist financial institutions, such as banks, insurance or investment houses, whereby they guarantee payment in case of damage or financial loss and accept the financial risk for liability arising from such guarantee.

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United States Navy

The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States.

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Welland Phipps

Welland Wilfred "Weldy" "Angayuroluk" Phipps (July 23, 1922 – October 22, 1996) was a Canadian military pilot and prisoner of war during World War II, a pioneer bush pilot, inventor and a territorial level politician.

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Western Canada

Western Canada, also referred to as the Western provinces and more commonly known as the West, is a region of Canada that includes the four provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

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Wetaskiwin

Wetaskiwin is a city in the province of Alberta, Canada.

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Wildfire

A wildfire or wildland fire is a fire in an area of combustible vegetation that occurs in the countryside or rural area.

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Wilfred Leigh Brintnell

Wilfred Leigh Brintnell (August 27, 1895 – January 22, 1971) was a pioneering Canadian aviator.

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Wop May

Wilfrid Reid "Wop" May (March 20, 1896 – June 21, 1952), was a Canadian flying ace in the First World War and a leading post-war aviator.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_flying

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