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  • Interests

    Backcountry flying, flyfishing

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Aircraft

  • Aircraft (make - model)

    C 172 Tailwheel
Member since
Tuesday, 03 February 2009 19:26
Last online
9 years ago
  • https://backcountrypilot.org/images/originalphotos/1535/3714/9c5f3c9115468bddaea148fc.jpg 172 K (1969) converted to tailwheel (Bolen STC). Horton STOL with fences, cuff and tips. Climb prop. Recently...
    2017-07-20 19:58:20
  • I just picked up a Mantague Paratrooper and I am so happy with this bike! I'm a bike person and I've never found a folder I liked before this one. Well made. Stows in my plane easily and rides exceptionally...
    2017-05-21 15:07:58
  • I'm meandering my way from Ohio to AK on the eastern route. I left late last week from NC. Currently waiting for a break in the weather over middle Ohio. Camping and lodging on and off. Just curious...
    2017-05-21 13:28:32
  • Barnstormer is friends with obxbushpilot
  • I'M pretty well settled in my new job here in AK. I had hoped that I would sell this home this past summer so I can move my plane up here and begin building or buying another home. I am finding that...
    2015-09-02 17:15:25
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  • obxbushpilot created a new forum topic cross country route help
    In early July I will be repositioning my plane from my old home and hangar in NC to my new airstrip property in Soldotna, AK (another thing to check off my bucket list). As I own a naturally aspirated...
    2015-03-18 01:21:47
  • obxbushpilot uploaded a new avatar.
    2015-03-13 00:14:22
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  • obxbushpilot created a new forum topic Moving to Alaska
    I don't know haw many of you fellow BCP members have ever dreamed of moving to Alaska, but it has been a life long dream of mine and it looks like I finally have been handed an opportunity of a lifetime....
    2014-08-15 01:14:11
  • Can anyone from this region give me some idea of southeast Alaska non float plane flying prospects? I recently applied for a job with the State of Alaska in Ketchikan. I have a 172 K model tail wheel...
    2014-06-11 21:06:47
  • Anyone interested in a real nice 172? I'm getting fully involved in a Highlander kit project and I need more money to move forward and more hangar space to put the wings on the Highlander. I guess it's...
    2014-04-25 17:54:05
  • obxbushpilot replied in forum topic Instrument Rating
    As I recall; there was a requirement to log a pile of x country (50 hrs?). If you decide to do the crash course to obtain the rating, you need to have that out of the way along with the written. ...
    2013-08-30 12:49:00
  • obxbushpilot replied in forum topic Instrument Rating
    Hardest rating in my opinion. If you really like the feeling of achievement (that satisfaction that you accomplished something), The instrument rating will deliver. I got mine shortly after my PPL. ...
    2013-08-29 15:05:40

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