{"product_id":"mercy-pilot-paperback","title":"Mercy Pilot - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51434108879071,"sku":"9781684922109","price":23.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/wp7jtAzvUG9781684922109.webp?v=1790024376","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/mercy-pilot-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}