Alaska Pilot Esther Sanderlin has dropped “turkey bombs” from her plane for the last three years and hopes to turn her mission into a nonprofit

SKWENTNA, Alaska ( KTUU /Gray News) - A woman is delivering Thanksgiving turkeys to her neighbors living off the grid. For the last three years, Esther Sanderlin has been loading frozen turkeys onto her plane to drop them off to Alaskans who live off the road system.

In the remotest reaches of Alaska, there’s no relying on DoorDash to have Thanksgiving dinner delivered. But some residents living well off the grid nevertheless have turkeys this holiday, thanks

In the remotest reaches of Alaska, there’s no relying on DoorDash to have Thanksgiving dinner — or any dinner — delivered. But some residents living well off the grid nevertheless have turkeys this holiday,

A pilot in Alaska continues her unique Thanksgiving tradition of airdropping frozen turkeys to families living in remote, roadless areas of the state.

Thanksgiving, which falls on the last Thursday of November, is the most important holiday for many Americans, often anticipated more than Christmas. On this occasion, as part of the "Alaskan Turkey Drop" initiative,