Adventures of the Iditarod Airforce: True Stories about the Pilots Who Fly for Alaska's Famous Sled Dog Race

by Ted Mattson

Book Overview

Ted Mattson tells a quarter-century's worth of tales about this daring team of volunteer pilots who support the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race RM.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0945397593
• ISBN13: 9780945397595
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Epicenter Press (WA)
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

These guys are crazy!

This book comes highly recommended!!! If you enjoy hearing true tales of wild heroics this book is for you. I read it page after page and laughed as the author so vividly drew me into each scene with these crazy Iditarod pilots.Some of the stories are incredible and it really makes you want to go to Alaska to encounter some of this wild west dog sled fanaticism.Don't miss this one...it is very enjoyable. Worthy of passing on to someone else after it's read.

The Perfect Gift

I purchased this book for my father, for Father's Day, and it turns out he has a personal connection to one of the book's subjects. I could not have been more pleased! He has been reading it voraciously and enjoying every page. Dad's are always hard to buy for and it's great to hit the nail on the head once in awhile.

Pilot's Perspective

I like adventure books, especially those that deal with northern flying. This title clearly fell into that catagory. The autor gave us a perspective of the Iditarod race that only a pilot could. As a pilot who has flown in Alaska I found all of his flying information to be accurate. But best of all the book was very well written. The author has polished his work. The chapters are all very readable and fascinating. I would recommend this book to anyone whose interests run along the same lines as mine do; flying, Alaska, adventure and the Iditarod. My only complaint is a complete lack of pictures.

It is a good book on a subject not easy to record.

Ted acquaints the reader with stories that could only come from being a pilot himself. Having done some flying in the Alaskan bush, I became acquainted with the author and know of his intense love of the subject. I recommend readers also read "The Eye of the Rainbow", Ted Matson's first writing. You will have a greater respect of the Alaskan adventurer.