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.

A resident named Esther Keim has been flying low and slow in a small plane over rural parts of south-central Alaska, dropping frozen turkeys to those who can't simply run out to the grocery store.

It’s Esther Keen’s third year of delivering frozen turkeys to Alaska residents who live in remote areas miles away from a grocery store.

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.