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
12JUL25 2017Z PADK PADU Almir Almeida Airbus A320 neo (A20N) -288 ft/m 433 nm 01:07 View
10JUL25 1244Z PADK PACD Le Fou Volant Boeing 737 MAX 8 (B38M) -135 ft/m 597 nm 01:28 View
05JUL25 2056Z PADK PADU Smax311 Douglas DC-3 (DC3) -146 ft/m 399 nm 02:10 View
29JUN25 1757Z PADK PANC Zeta.garamvolgyi Boeing 747-8 (B748) -426 ft/m 1106 nm 02:32 View
23JUN25 2101Z PADK PACD Robin596280 Airbus A320 (A320) -583 ft/m 576 nm 01:50 View
08JUN25 2304Z PADK PAOM Krupke77 Airbus A318 (A318) -77 ft/m 940 nm 02:19 View
08JUN25 1001Z PADK PAUA Breizhair Pilatus PC-12 (PC12) -153 ft/m 384 nm 01:26 View
27APR25 2155Z PADK UHPP 19mw84 Beech 58TC/Pressurized Baron (B58T) -175 ft/m 922 nm 04:36 View
25APR25 1914Z PADK PANC Ron Batchelor Embraer ERJ-190 (E190) -92 ft/m 1078 nm 02:19 View
07APR25 1431Z PADK RJCC NPS334/PhilippeB Boeing 737-800 (B738) -288 ft/m 1911 nm 04:42 View
30MAR25 2043Z PADK PASD DrMalcom Piper PA-24 Comanche (PA24) -32 ft/m 639 nm 04:50 View
19MAR25 1437Z PADK RJCC Ron de Jong Boeing 737-700 (B737) -105 ft/m 1880 nm 04:32 View
08MAR25 0448Z PADK AKK Maity Pilatus PC-12 (PC12) -211 ft/m 848 nm 02:43 View
25FEB25 0155Z PADK RJTT Alejandro Airbus A321 neo (A21N) -239 ft/m 2240 nm 05:25 View
24FEB25 0001Z PADK UHPP AceofSpades1086 Cessna 700 Citation Longitude (C700) -125 ft/m 922 nm 01:57 View
24FEB25 0000Z PADK UHPP Aaron Priest Cessna 700 Citation Longitude (C700) -109 ft/m 922 nm 01:56 View
18FEB25 0718Z PADK PANC Captain Dingus Socata TBM-9X0 (TBM9) -134 ft/m 1061 nm 01:12 View
15FEB25 2301Z PADK PANC Lesco_Jones Honda HA-420 HondaJet (HDJT) -38 ft/m 1136 nm 02:56 View
09FEB25 0957Z PADK RJCM Mariner98 Douglas DC-6 (DC6) -158 ft/m 1662 nm 06:41 View
14JAN25 0054Z PADK UHPP Camilo Guzmán Hernández Boeing 737-800 (B738) -275 ft/m 922 nm 02:35 View