This story follows the life of a young pilot in Alaska’s frontier arctic. You’ll experience the front-seat thrills of bush planes that operated in the most dangerous conditions on earth, airborne among the magnificent mountains, glaciers and rivers that only Alaska has to offer. Includes true-life experiences of accidents, comradeship, humor, heartbreak and life in early Alaska, gone forever when dismantled into parks in the 1980’s. Filmed on location, Alaska Long Hunters opens with an early history of the Great Land and those that lived in it, leading to his eventual use of a new tool of transport – the single engine airplane, but not without extracting a terrible price. Experience what it was like to growing up among the dangerous game, hunting the massive caribou herds and absorbing the greatness of the county. Pilots will gain from the flying experiences related, and every boy, man and aviator will be compelled to grapple with its final truth, concluding with a crisis encounter that forever changed the pilot's life. Premiere's Spring 2020. alaskalonghunters.com
