Interviewer
Kathy Root
Files
Description
Frank Borgeson describes his career as a pilot for smokejumpers which began in 1958 when he worked as a pilot for Johnson Flying Service out of McCall, Idaho. Borgeson talks about flying for the U.S. Forest Service directly and becoming the Chief Pilot for the U.S. Forest Service in Missoula, Montana, in 1966. He describes flying planes like the Travelaire 6000 and Ford Trimotor on both fire jumps and rescue jumps. Borgeson talks about the training and skill of smokejumpers. He also discusses becoming the first permanent Chief Pilot at the national level in 1976, based out of Boise, Idaho. He describes his duties in that position, which included leading the Infrared Detection Program, which was developed at the Northern Forest Fire Laboratory in Missoula, Montana.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Air pilots West (United States) Biography, Smokejumping West (United States) History; McCall, Idaho; Missoula, Montana; Boise, Idaho; Infrared Detection Program; Northern Forest Fire Laboratory
Original Date
7-21-1984
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Smokejumpers 1984 Reunion Oral History Collection, OH 133, Archives and Special Collections, Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula
Digital Publisher
University of Montana--Missoula. Mansfield Library
Rights
Copyright to this collection is held by the interview participants and by the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula. Permission may be required for use. For further information please contact Archives and Special Collections: (406) 243-2053 / library.archives@umontana.edu
Oral History Number
OH 133-006
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (01:30:00 min.): analog + 1 transcript (21 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
01:31:37 minutes
Local Filename
OH_133_006.mp3; OH_133_006.pdf
Citation
OH 133-006Borgeson, Frank, "Frank Borgeson Interview, July 21, 1984" (1984). Smokejumpers 1984 Reunion Oral History Project. OH 133-006.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/smokejumpers/115