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E.M. Brock
1958
Journal
July 18 Pitt Point, Alaska
No plane came in today since an
extremely heavy blanket of fog limited
visibility most of the day.
July 19 I had expected to leave Pitt Point today.
For the majority of the day, the airstrip
and surrounding area were in heavy
fog. The fog quickly comes and goes but
most of the time it is present. One
definite bush plane came in, in the
morning. Later in the day a transport
and bush plane tried to land on the
airstrip. I was out at the beach at the time
and could hear them flying low overhead
but could not see them. Even though
they flew low they could not find the
airstrip and had to go back to Banow.
In the evening, Bobby Fisher, flying for A.R.h.
in a new A.R.h. plane tried to find the
airstrip in a gray dense fog and failed
to do so. He could be heard flying back
and forth overhead but was never seen,
and soon had to give up and return
to Banow. So, today, with its waiting
and remaining close to camp in
expectation of a possible departure, has
been a total loss.
July 20 No definite time was given for the arrival