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North Slope Borough Search & Rescue

Professional Pilot

Pilots land their PC-24 on a snow-covered gravel runway. Such robust operations are supported by a substantial annual budget and are essential for community safety given the regions harsh weather and isolation. Here a snowcat clears the runway for a mission during a blizzard. Both aircraft fly with 2 pilots and 2 paramedics.

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From the archive: A Pleasant Time

Air Facts

It was interesting and a lot of fun for a lot of reasons, with most of them having to do with not flying a jet and not being restricted by ATC and all the regulatory stuff that makes an airline pilot feel like he’s roped and tied. I can’t do that in a jet. I heard one chap ask about an airport’s size, runways, etc.