{"product_id":"9780920576397","title":"Spirit of the Yukon","description":"\"Charlie [Lindbergh] was working on his plane when I arrived,\" writes Andrew Cruickshank as he awaits completion of his own duplicate of the \u003ci\u003eSpirit of St. Louis\u003c\/i\u003e. With this plane, Cruickshank starts the first airline in the Yukon. It was 1927, long before the legendary Grant McConachie's time. Andrew Cruickshank, a dashing and brave young RCMP officer, decides to, leave the force for the skies. Cruickshank exploits include not only bush piloting in the Yukon but stunt-flying in Hollywood, as well as piloting seaplanes out of Vancouver. While a pilot with Western Canada Airways in Winnipeg, he was part of one of the most extensive air searches of all time, the McAlpine Rescue.\u003cp\u003eKilled by a plane crash early in his career, Cruickshank had been almost forgotten by Canadian aviation history until his youngest daughter, June Cruickshank Lunny, found a treasure trove of his letters while on a farnily visit to England. From these letters, Lunny has reconstructed her father's adventures as a Mountie and as a bush pilot. \"He was one of the top bush pilots of his day,\" says Peter Corley-Smith, author of \u003ci\u003eBarnstorming to Bush Flying\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Caitlin Press, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47009475363056,"sku":"9780920576397","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780920576397_p0.jpg?v=1763868491","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780920576397","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}