Whatever criticism the Alaska Highway was receiving in some quarters for its construction costs, it was getting nothing but praise from pilots ferrying aircraft along the Northwest Staging Route. Inexperienced pilots, frequently unfamiliar with the aircraft they were flying, were all too happy to do a little IFR flying of the I-Follow-Roads type. When mechanical problems forced a pilot either to bail out or to make an emergency landing, the road was a lifeline and afforded ready rescue. In due course, equipment for all-weather navigational aids, maintenance facilities, and auxiliary runways
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