{"product_id":"mercy-pilot-9781684922109","title":"Mercy Pilot","description":"\u003cp\u003eJoe Crosson, a brave and skilled pilot, became a national hero between the world wars flying mercy missions in the North. He pioneered\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eair routes throughout Alaska and foresaw the future of commercial aviation. Above all else, he loved to fly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1929, Crosson generated newspaper headlines worldwide flying a long, dangerous and unprecedented search in the Siberian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewinter darkness for a lost pilot and friend, Carl Ben Eielson. Crosson made a bitterly cold winter flight in an open-cockpit carrying\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elife-saving serum to Barrow, flying through the uncharted Brooks Range without navigation or communication. He was the first pilot to land\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eon a glacier. He had the sad duty of bringing the bodies Wiley Post and Will Rogers Jr. back from their fatal crash in northern Alaska.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCrosson thrived on adversity and overcame tragedy, and was influenced by two extraordinary women-his sister, Marvel a contemporary of Amelia Earhart, and Lillian Osborne, the beautiful and able young woman who became his wife.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Epicenter Press (WA)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/09\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781684922109\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.19h x 7.00w x 0.54d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dirk Tordoff","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43673049497781,"sku":"9781684922109","price":18.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_d25e7911-3195-4a29-906a-ae10be895d0d.jpg?v=1709053265","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/mercy-pilot-9781684922109","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}