Background
Helmericks, Harmon R. was born on January 18, 1917 in Gibson City, Illinois, United States. Son of Clarence James and Abbie (Cornelius) Helmericks.
(This is the best book ever written about Alaskan bush pil...)
This is the best book ever written about Alaskan bush pilots. Helmericks has been a pilot in Alaska since 1946 and is a master guide with the Alaska Game Commission. A born storyteller, he describes flying blind through fogged-in mountain passes, landing by pontoon on remote glaciers, and setting down on lonely sandbars. This book is an important document of Alaskan history and a thrill for any hunter, fisherman, or pilot.
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(This is the best book ever written about Alaskan bush pil...)
This is the best book ever written about Alaskan bush pilots. Helmericks has been a pilot in Alaska since 1946 and is a master guide with the Alaska Game Commission. A born storyteller, he describes flying blind through fogged-in mountain passes, landing by pontoon on remote glaciers, and setting down on lonely sandbars. This book is an important document of Alaskan history and a thrill for any hunter, fisherman, or pilot. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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Helmericks, Harmon R. was born on January 18, 1917 in Gibson City, Illinois, United States. Son of Clarence James and Abbie (Cornelius) Helmericks.
Student, University Arizona, 1940-1941.
Sheet metal worker, Army Engineers, Seaward, Alaska, 1941-1944;
associate with, Constance Helmericks in study of Arctic, 1944-1946;
writer, lecturer on Arctic American, since 1946;
organizer expedition by air north of Arctic Circle, Alaska and Canada, 1947;
co-founder, with Martha M. Helmericks, Arctic Tern Fish-Freight Company, 1952;
Chairman of the Board, Colville Inc. Co-discoverer (with Martha M. Helmericks and Atlantic Richfield) of Prudhoe Bay Oil Field, 1968. Assistant curator Kansas City Museum.
Consultant Arctic oil operation Gulf Oil Corporation, Sohio Oil Corporation, Union Oil Corporation. Founder(with Martha M. Helmericks) Arctic School for Boys, 1974. Arctic cons.to Eastman Kodak Company.
Chairman of the Board Colville Environmental Services. Director Alaska Interior Resources. Master guide Alaskan Game Commission.
Active in conservation in Africa, India, Europe Arctic Institute N. American, Airplane Owners and Pilots Association.
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Member Daedalians. Clubs: Circumnavigators, Explorers.
Married Constance Chittenden, April 27, 1941 (divorced). Children: Constance Jean, Carol Ann. Married Martha M. Paxton.
Children: James Woodrow, Mark Harmon, Jeffrey Todd.