Dolena Fox said speaking Yugtun while flying locals around the Y-K Delta has been her dream since middle school.
Pilot Dolena Fox is flying a silver and blue-striped Cessna 207 to Tuntutuliak. At 26 years old, Fox is at least a decade younger than her plane.
Fox’s uncle Andy Fox also works for Grant. He’s worked for them on and off for 49 years. He said he’s proud of her.Fox first worked near airplanes before pursuing her dream of flying them. She sold tickets for a few years at Ravn. Then, during the first year of the pandemic, Ravn went bankrupt and she lost her job. That was the final push she needed.
On the way to Tuntutuliak on her recent flight, we chat about how the job has been. She said that the first village she ever flew to for work was her home village of Kipnuk. She said that it was a coincidence. When she lands, lots of people came to greet the plane.Fox wastes no time in unloading her cargo. She passes each box to the gate agent, a man with a four-wheeler. There’s a box with a grocery store sheet cake, and another with blue sprinkle cupcakes.
Fox said that speaking Yugtun and flying locals around the Y-K Delta has been her dream since middle school. But she didn’t always think that dream could be a reality.
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