Section 1: Palmer, AK\ Talkeetna, AK\ growing up\ flying\ father -- teacher\ flying -- solo\ flying -- legality\ father -- retirement\ flying -- instructor\ Fischer, Michael\ log books\ Hudson's Air Service\ business -- family|

Section 2: airplanes -- Cessna 185\ Cessna 206\ Cessna 172\ airplanes -- Supercub\ passengers -- number\ carrying -- capacity\ Cessna 185 -- workhorse\ supercub -- speed\ money\ clientele -- past\ Mt. McKinley\ climbers\ groups -- size\ people -- bush\ lodges\ caretakers\ mail -- delivery\ highway\ hunting\ fishing\ flights -- scenic\ industry -- tourism\ airport\ airplanes -- Beavers\ airplane -- floats\ landings -- glaciers|

Section 3: glaciers\ steering\ snow -- depth\ operation\ passengers -- capacity\ reputation\ air -- service\ flight -- experiences\ memories -- father\ flying\ Kashwitna River -- smoke\ State Trooper\ airboats -- fire\ disaster\ throttle -- linkage\ cowling\ situation -- dire\ glide|

Section 4: airplane -- engine\ power -- none\ flight -- level\ altitude -- decrease\ evacuation\ Parks Highway\ traffic -- amount\ concerns\ wires -- electrical\ landing\ King, Joe\ screw driver -- repairs\ throttle -- linkage\ ?, Fred\ State Trooper\ road block\ boredom -- hours\ moments -- terror|

Section 5: hunting\ same-day airborne\ meat\ village\ cows -- bearing\ chainsaw -- Mini Mac\ oil -- Wesson\ storage -- snow\ storage -- tarps\ birds\ transport -- airplanes\ trade -- potatoes\ trade -- carrots\ lifestyle\ caribou -- hunting\ airplane -- Supercub\ Caribou -- herd\ shooting\ rifles\ magazine\ chambers\ bullets|

Section 6: airplane -- Supercub\ take-off\ throttle -- speed\ fuel -- problem\ backfire\ caribou -- stampede\ fear\ stump -- log\ caribou -- shot\ bullets -- wasted\ father -- lands\ father -- angry|

Section 7: caribou -- distance\ caribou -- running\ father -- shot\ hunting\ caribou -- meat\ Nelchina herd\ Talkeetna, AK\ Mt. Baldy\ caribou -- hunting\ event -- exciting\ father -- piloting\ Hudson, Glen\ war -- discharged\ Fairbanks -- work\ father -- honorable discharge\ Granger, WA\ Yakima Valley\ letter\ fishing|

Section 8: Civil Aviation Administration\ credentials -- importance\ experience\ career -- flying\ take-off -- first\ flying -- alone\ legality\ license -- pilot\ license -- driver\ Alaska -- theme park\ flying -- ride\ spur road -- construction\ air -- access\ railroad\ access -- boat\ Talkeetna, AK -- Athabaskan\ boats -- paddle\ access -- walking\ McDougal, AK\ Parks Highway\ Fairbanks, AK|

Section 9: mother -- Talkeetna, AK\ grandmother\ background\ family -- Native\ Athabaskan\ school\ piloting -- business\ license -- commercial\ FAA\ cargo -- hauling\ time -- build up\ instrument ticket\ rating -- float\ landing -- Christiansen Lake\ landing -- Cessna 185\ father -- role model\ float time\ passenger -- first\ practice -- time\ business -- taking over|

Section 10: mountain -- environment\ challenges\ aircraft -- light\ mother nature\ weather -- conditions\ weather -- information\ communication -- system\ Kahiltna Glacier\ Kahiltna International Airport\ Mt. McKinley\ North America\ climbers\ Mt. Foraker\ climb -- prestige\ Denali -- West Buttress\ trees -- Birch\ wall tents\ communication -- HF radio\ season -- climbing\ flights -- short|

Section 11: visibility\ pressure -- timeliness\ weather -- pushing\ Mt. McKinley\ weather -- systems\ Alaska Range\ weather -- changes\ route -- standard\ Kahiltna base camp\ Talkeetna, AK\ Mt. Foraker\ One Shot Pass\ Kahiltna Glacier -- Southeast Fork\ location -- shelter\ aircraft -- small\ take-off -- downhill\ area -- compression\ ice -- smooth\ crevasses\ speed -- lift off|

Section 12: problems\ snow -- conditions\ snow -- texture\ slush\ snow -- fresh\ snow -- sticky\ load -- limits\ areas -- unfamiliar\ area -- crevasse-free\ glacier -- sunlight\ waiting\ landing site\ visibility\ glacier -- color\ glacier -- texture\ surface -- proximity\ horizon\ depth perception -- loss\ landing -- "glassy water"\ nose -- up\ airspeed\ landing -- site|

Section 13: landing strip\ bags -- plastic\ weights -- food\ potatoes\ runway -- choice\ fly-over\ bags -- visibility\ bags -- indications\ snow -- conditions\ ice\ snow -- compressed\ wind -- direction\ angle -- horizontal\ landing -- position\ indication -- glide|

Section 14: techniques -- unorthodox\ pilot -- private\ procedures\ operation -- difficulty\ time -- experience\ money\ advice\ glacier -- landings\ area\ flying -- routine\ wind -- patterns\ wind -- variations\ weather -- changes\ wind\ aircraft -- light\ tail wind\ head wind\ sideload\ crosswind\ load\ flight -- difficulties\ problems -- wind\ Mother Nature|

Section 15: June\ glaciers -- freezing\ temperature -- night\ skis -- landing\ hardness\ landing gear -- system\ durability\ spring -- steel\ wheels -- bolts\ stress\ bolts -- cracks\ maintenance specifications\ landing gear -- inspection\ landing gear -- cleaning\ landing gear -- x-ray\ problem -- combat\ afternoon -- slush\ landing -- easier\ aircraft -- standard\ modifications\ airplanes -- Cessna 206\ airplane -- Supercub\ wheel-ski system\ hydraulics\ design -- durability\ design -- errors|

Section 16: odds\ limits -- established\ safeguards -- self-imposed\ stops\ rescue -- working\ limits -- pushing\ touring -- business\ flight -- scenic\ fun\ equipment -- endangered\ clients -- danger\ Denali -- flying\ communications\ people -- flying\ numbers -- concern|

Section 17: age -- mortality\ injury -- reality\ instructors -- excellent\ learning -- "hard way"\ learning -- "easy way"\ opportunity\ information -- sharing\ hardships\ helping\ danger\ community -- climbing\ contact -- relationship\ climbing -- sport\ sport -- international\ climbing -- world\ rescue -- pilot\ National Park Service\ rescue -- business\ communications -- platform\ weathership\ route -- location|

Section 18: helicopters -- Lama\ altitude -- high\ National Park Service\ contract -- Evergreen Helicopters\ communications -- work\ client -- finding\ client -- extracting\ mountain -- locations\ Anchorage -- hospital\ Humana Hospital -- back door\ center -- frost bite\ digits -- frozen\ center -- burn\ Denali\ relationship -- building\ flying\ mountains\ sport -- dangerous\ friends -- death\ falling -- crevasse\ avalanche|

Section 19: camaraderie -- special\ climbers -- gratitude\ life -- saving\ risks -- business\ air taxis\ scenario -- injury\ involvement\ occasion -- rare\ thanks -- personal\ thanks -- rare\ calls\ letters\ 14 camp\ call -- emergency\ response -- typical\ Park Service -- camp\ headquarters -- alert\ Talkeetna, AK\ scenarios -- discussion\ location\ weather\ extraction -- method\ Bowman Bag\ Screamers Suit\ landing\ operations -- different\ weather -- problem\ rescue -- business\ fall -- survival\ injuries\ nose -- broken\ face -- lacerated\ snow\ ankle -- broken|

Section 20: fuel -- load\ airplanes -- Cessna 206\ oxygen -- system\ turbo-charged\ altitude -- high\ wheel skis\ glacier -- landing\ weather -- good\ Bowman Suit\ God Ring -- hardline\ helicopter\ basecamp -- landing\ flight\ ABCs\ flights -- scenic\ flights -- routine\ guidelines\ flying -- rescue\ mode -- different\ problem -- weather\ conditions -- temperature\ conditions -- wind\ parameters\ rescue\ rules|

Section 21: client -- moving\ crew -- size\ weather -- improvement\ ice -- wall\ 14 camp\ Denali Pass\ Denali -- summit\ ground crews\ work -- hard\ self-rescue\ price -- high\ gloves -- lost\ helicopter -- CH47\ winds\ fingers -- freezing\ personnel -- National Park Service\ rescue -- coordination\ rescue -- difficulty\ chimney -- fall\ ankles -- broken\ partner -- downclimb\ glacier\ air taxi -- pilot\ area -- difficult\ thanks -- offered\ operation -- size\ basecamp|

Section 22: weather -- sun\ light -- duration\ overcast -- flat light\ Bowman bag -- landing\ basecamp\ Talkeetna, AK\ Life Flight\ Providence Hospital\ rescues\ military -- involvement\ army -- flying\ helicopter -- CH47 Chinook\ helicopter -- Black Hawk\ Coulis -- Anchorage\ National Guard\ hoist -- highest\ rescue -- 18.6\ climbers -- Korean\ duty time\ Lama -- contract\ climbing -- season\ military -- help\ flying -- hours\ month -- quota\ business -- rescue\ training|

Section 23: money -- waste\ flying -- hours\ training\ mission -- normal\ climbers -- mountain\ helicopter -- CH47\ crew -- mishap\ Talkeetna River\ white water\ North America -- longest\ consequences\ rafts -- small\ canyon -- floating\ canyon -- middle\ camping\ river -- level\ obstacle\ raft -- flipped\ water -- temperature\ immersion -- cold water\ ?, Stan\ headquarters\ park -- entrance\ radio -- CB\ helicopter -- Chinook\ position -- report\ pick-up\ bushes\ helicopter -- ramp\ person -- missing\ jet boat\ deceased -- recovery\ military -- availability|

Section 24: Kahiltna base\ Kahiltna International Airport\ issue -- use\ use -- intensity\ consequences\ National Park Service\ plan -- back-country\ climbers -- number\ success -- ration\ climbing -- community\ McKinley -- climbing\ equipment -- price\ glacier\ ice-axe\ problem -- waste|

Section 25: National Park Service\ waste -- human\ solution -- crevasse\ biohazard\ aircraft -- carrying\ feces\ bag -- plastic\ Talkeetna, AK\ disposal -- dump\ waste -- solid\ trash -- weight\ precautions -- fair\ altitude -- high\ trail -- stations\ altitude -- high\ problem -- waste\ bathroom|

Section 26: father -- promise\ help\ gratification\ rescue -- satisfaction\ tourists\ dreams\ terror\ fear\ nausea\ problems -- weather\ mountain -- visibility\ drought\ weather -- phenomenal\ cycle\ weather -- normal\ rain\ Talkeetna AK\ tour -- greater circle\ car -- rental\ headquarters\ Fairbanks, AK\ Tok, AK\ flight\ planning|

Section 27: hangar\ event -- wonderful\ film -- extra\ suglasses\ sunblock -- SPF 45|