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Alaska by Air: Flying Anchorage

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Alaska by Air: Flying Anchorage
Rust’s Flying Service, a family-owned business, is the largest seaplane operator in Anchorage. Rust's Flying Service
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This is a city of pilots, and I was riding with one of the best. In America’s last frontier, a state that you could fit Texas into twice and still have plenty of room left over, things aren’t often close at hand. So here in Anchorage, the easiest solution is often this: just fly.

A Rust's Flying Service float plane departs Lake Hood in Anchorage, Alaska. (Roy Neese/Visit Anchorage)
A Rust's Flying Service float plane departs Lake Hood in Anchorage, Alaska. Roy Neese/Visit Anchorage
Tim Johnson
Tim Johnson
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Toronto-based writer Tim Johnson is always traveling in search of the next great story. Having visited 140 countries across all seven continents, he’s tracked lions on foot in Botswana, dug for dinosaur bones in Mongolia, and walked among a half-million penguins on South Georgia Island. He contributes to some of North America’s largest publications, including CNN Travel, Bloomberg, and The Globe and Mail.
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