Multi achievement

Pirate Gold Of Adak Island

Official achievement authored by Bobby Allen.

Adak is the westernmost city in the United States and the Southernmost in Alaska, located in the Andreanof Island Archipelago in the Aleutian National Maritime Wildlife Refuge. The city has a resident population of approximately 120 residents, with 40-100 transients or other visitors on the island at any given time.

Adak Island is approximately 1,200 nautical miles southwest of Anchorage and is accessible commercially only by air.

Alaska Airlines makes two flights a week to the island from Anchorage (PANC), the majority of the Adak's visitors come for caribou hunting or birding.

In 1892, a Pirate named Gregory Dwargstaf hid gold coins worth $365 million dollars in 150 food and milk tin cans, on the island of Adak. He was running away from US goverment officials and found the secluded island to be the best place to hide his treasure; unfortunately for him though, he died before he could come back to get it.

During World War II, the island was used as a base by America to attack Japan. During the construction of the base in 1943, a worker found a tin can with gold coins from the 1880s-90s which was worth thousands of dollars. Later on, in 1959, another can with $2.5 million dollars worth of gold was found by a Seabee while constructing drainage.

After the war was over, approximately 6,000 American military men who served on Adak during World War II recalled Adak's cold, foggy, windy weather; mud; Quonset huts; few women and no trees; and a volcano that from time to time would issue puffs of smoke and that fresh food was a rarity.

Adak Naval Air Station continued to be a military base during the Cold War but was designated a Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) site in 1995 and closed in March 1997.

Shortly after, the town of Adak was incorporated at the site of the former base. Down from a peak population of 6,000, the island recorded a 2010 census population of 326 residents, all in the city of Adak, in the northern part of the island. In 1980, the Aleutian Islands National Wildlife Refuge was created and much of Adak Island lies within its boundaries.

This achievement is heavily influenced by a recent Netflix Documentary. - Not seen it on Netflix? I'd recommend you watch the trailer on YouTube to help you get in the mood and explains more about the Island's history and the Pirate Treasure.

This achievement will see you fly a group of treasure-hunting fanatics along with their hi-tech precious metal (gold) finding equipment for a week to help the Mayor of Adak find the lost Pirate Treasure which would ultimately contribute to the rejuvenation of Adak, you'll then need to fly your group back home from this remote island!

Criteria

In order to obtain this multi-achievement you must complete each of the following achievements.

Date Departure Arrival Pilot Aircraft Landing rate Distance Flight time
14DEC24 0438Z PADK PAJN El Prez Socata TBM-9X0 (TBM9) -106 ft/m 1510 nm 04:47 View
11DEC24 1832Z PADK PASY Unknown Cessna 414 Chancellor (C414) -50 ft/m 343 nm 01:48 View
30NOV24 2008Z PADK PASY Scotty Clifford Beechcraft Super King Air 350 (B350) -67 ft/m 360 nm 01:21 View
30NOV24 1524Z PADK UHPP VAF261 Antonio Airbus A320 (A320) -255 ft/m 924 nm 02:17 View
04NOV24 2318Z PADK PANC tylerdog2k5 Airbus A340-300 (A343) -682 ft/m 1068 nm 02:19 View
20OCT24 0116Z PADK PAPB Rp Experimental >200kts (HXC) -150 ft/m 402 nm 00:17 View
16OCT24 1904Z PADK PASY Jose Luis G. Cessna 525C Citation CJ4 (C25C) -83 ft/m 345 nm 01:04 View
06OCT24 1856Z PADK UHPP VAF179 Giuseppe Airbus A320 neo (A20N) -2 ft/m 963 nm 03:03 View
21SEP24 1809Z PADK UHPP Waleed Ismail Airbus A320 (A320) -373 ft/m 926 nm 02:15 View
14SEP24 1640Z PANC PADK Lukas Chylek Boeing 737-800 (B738) -171 ft/m 1077 nm 02:40 View
11SEP24 1922Z PADK PACD WissKey Douglas DC-6 (DC6) -99 ft/m 681 nm 02:06 View
10SEP24 1331Z PADK PACD MrBurns971 Boeing 737-800 (B738) -64 ft/m 587 nm 01:18 View
01SEP24 1446Z PADK RJCC chrstphd Boeing 737-800 (B738) -205 ft/m 1881 nm 04:45 View
24AUG24 1452Z PADK PASN Jeanette Zoetendal Cessna Skyhawk (C172) -6 ft/m 401 nm 03:01 View
20AUG24 2200Z PADK PACD Morgan Boeing 727-200 (B722) -421 ft/m 618 nm 01:29 View
01AUG24 1131Z PADK PASY VGSTRAT Airbus A320 (A320) -111 ft/m 350 nm 01:06 View
25JUL24 2033Z PADK PASY OneToBeamUp Socata TBM-850 (TBM8) -98 ft/m 385 nm 01:56 View
25JUL24 1518Z PADK PACD #Navy#Nhok Boeing 737-800 (B738) -295 ft/m 595 nm 01:21 View
18JUL24 1034Z PADK PACD VAF957 Paolo Airbus A320 (A320) -414 ft/m 552 nm 01:22 View
17JUL24 0655Z PADK PACK Machete Piper PA-24 Comanche (PA24) -109 ft/m 673 nm 01:53 View