Location: United States
Member Since:
March 17, 2022
Howard John "Mike" Hunt
Biography
Howard John "Mike" Hunt, (1922-2019) was an Alaskan pioneer who came to Alaska in 1949 to establish a new airline – Air Transport Associates. Hunt and his family homesteaded forty acres in Anchorage.
Hunt's love of flying took him all around the world. He was a ferry pilot in World War II with the Army Air Corps, flying every type of plane the army had in its inventory including the B-17, "Memphis Belle." Hunt was invited and attended the 2018 Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Ceremony celebrating the restoration of the Memphis Belle. He was the last known surviving pilot to have flown the Belle on a ten-day bond drive from Spokane, Washington to Tampa, Florida at the end of World War II.
Airplanes, especially warbirds, were his passion. He helped finance the restoration of three warbirds and eventually donated them to the Alaska Wing of the Commemorative Air Force (CAF). These warbirds are hangared in Anchorage and are flown at airshows around Alaska
Hunt's love of flying took him all around the world. He was a ferry pilot in World War II with the Army Air Corps, flying every type of plane the army had in its inventory including the B-17, "Memphis Belle." Hunt was invited and attended the 2018 Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Ceremony celebrating the restoration of the Memphis Belle. He was the last known surviving pilot to have flown the Belle on a ten-day bond drive from Spokane, Washington to Tampa, Florida at the end of World War II.
Airplanes, especially warbirds, were his passion. He helped finance the restoration of three warbirds and eventually donated them to the Alaska Wing of the Commemorative Air Force (CAF). These warbirds are hangared in Anchorage and are flown at airshows around Alaska
Where to find Howard John "Mike" Hunt online
Where to buy in print
Books
Saga of an Aviation Survivor
by Howard John "Mike" Hunt
Price:
$9.99 USD.
Words: 69,820.
Language:
English.
Published: February 17, 2022
by
Fathom Publishing.
Categories:
Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction » Transportation » Aviation / History
Life of a military officer, piloted B-17 Memphis Belle, Alaska bush pilot, gold miner, homesteader, entrepreneur, Warbird preservationist, mountain climber, Lend-Lease pilot, helicopter pilot, philanthropist, and real estate developer. Hunt, along with a small group of World War II veterans, obtained surplus military airplanes and started a non-scheduled airline in Alaska and Washington.