Explores the history of Alaskan aviation, discussing small plane piloting in the wildest territory of the United States.

The truth about flying -- The question of why -- On the ramp -- Onto the ice -- Flying cloud -- The dead body contract -- Finding the walls of a box canyon -- On the other side of the mountains -- Mercy flight -- Dropping through a hole in the sky -- With Saint-Ex in South America -- The good pilot -- The worst cargo in the world -- The map of my dead pilots -- Getting lost -- What happened to Bryce Donovan -- Looking for Ben Eielson -- One hundred crash stories -- Our missing aviator -- Sam's story -- Reckoning.