Senin, 23 Oktober 2017

Restored: Last of the Breed

An old-time bush pilot holds the line on Maine’s Moosehead Lake. A tall, lean, weathered woodsman with trim white beard, Roger Currier is one of the last of the old-time Maine bush pilots. He still plies his craft  from Greenville Junction, on Moosehead Lake, using a fleet of vintage radial-engine aircraft that he personally restored …

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