There was/is a former Pacific Northern/Western Airlines/Delta Air Lines pilot by the name of Joe Crosson. His father was well know bush pilot in Alaska during that time period and flew the bodies of both Post and Rogers out of Barrow. There is a great story about this in a book he has written but for the life of me I cannot recall the name. The father later became the Chief Pilot for Pan American's Alaska division. The name of the book is Mercy Pilot.
These bush pilots from that era were certainly a different breed.