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A DeHavilland turbine Otter ski plane parked on the Ruth Glacier in the Don Sheldon amphitheatre which is a popular destination for flight seeing and glacier landings with it's spectacular view of Mount McKinley, left, North America's highest peak at 20,320-foot tall.

The summits of Mount McKinley, as viewed from 25,000 feet while flightseeing, cast miles long shadow on the mountains to the east as the sun began to set.

Kelly Bay, owner of Wrangle Mountain Air, stands near one of the company planes at the airfield in McCarthy.

The evening sun lights up the Alaska Regional Hospital complex in the background as rainwater at Merrill Field reflects the scene on the tie down area.

The Palin's floatplane, which Todd Palin pilots, sits at the Lake Lucille dock on their Wasilla, Alaska property.

Bill Roth/Anchorage Daily News Bill Montagne, creator of the Mountain Goat bush plane, takes off from an airstrip near the Butte.

The Mountain Goat bush plane, right, and a Piper Super Cub have similiar looks, but the Mountain Goat can carry more cargo over a longer distance, has a slower stall speed, and it cruises faster.

Ron Duncan, president and CEO of GCI, pilots the company Cessna Citation V near the summit of Mount McKinley during a recent flight seeing trip.

An airplane flies over a pattern of windblown ice and snow near the coast of eastern Norton Sound .

Paul Gilbert of Grand Lake, Co. records the scene at Ruth Amphitheater while taking a flight seeing tour of Mt. McKinley in Denali National Park.

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