Backcountry Pilot

For sale. EZ Flap style 18. Fits Maule, Stinson 108 and several Piper models. Never installed, includes paperwork. $250

As removed for an upgrade. $75 shipped to USA.

Garmin 496 removed last week for upgrade. Includes everything pictured in original box. $350 shipped to USA.

What are the options to cover a Maule M5 that will have to sit outside? Wings, tail, cabin, etc.

A friend is looking at a Maule M5-200. Looking for info on what expected performance might be, useful load, etc. Tell me what you know.

If you have a vehicle licensed in Montana the Montana Pilots Assoc would like you to consider getting the MPA's license plate. This plate costs you an extra $20 a year. That $20 goes to the two MPA scholarships...

The manager of West Yellowstone airport is looking for input on keeping the airport open year round. If interested please fill out a survey here: https://www.mdt.mt.gov/mdt/wys-user-survey.shtml

A heads up that Schafer Meadows(8U2) will be closed from Aug 23-31. The closure is to allow the USFS to accomplish the long planned runway project. Immediately adjacent to the runway, along the north...

Looking for the wording for the Petersen mogas STC placard that goes near the gas tanks. Ours are long gone. I know I can get them from Petersen but we can make them here for no cost. The CPS guys were...

Looking for a copy of a 337 from someone who has gotten a field approval for putting a 310 fork on a 182A.

I own a 58 182A and have a line on a Cessna 310 fork, actually the whole nose strut assembly. However the 182A did not have an option for larger wheels/tires so we would need a field approval for this....

If anybody has pics of aircraft at any of the airstrips in the Bob Marshall Wilderness back when they used to be open we at the RAF would like copies for a project. We don't want anything from Schafer....

I just sent this to MPA members. As you may have known there was some damage done at Cow Creek over the years. There were some tracks made in the runway by vehicles that over time got worse with rain...

Flew in to Meadow Creek today and took these pics of the fire damage. The grass on the runway has already started to turn green. https://www.flickr.com/photos/newps/albums/72157656718928184

Flew over Meadow Creek today. Gonna be a hell of a work party next spring. https://youtu.be/9Bcdc8F5nzk Still pics: https://www.flickr.com/photos/newps/sets/72157658417600775

Starting tomorrow, 8/28, the entire Bob Marshall and Great Bear Wilderness that is within the Spotted Bear ranger district will be closed. That means Schafer Meadows will be closed. Benchmark closed yesterday...

We had thunderstorms come thru Seeley Lake last night. Sitting at home i noticed smoke north of the field. So I fired up the camera and off we went. This video was taken less than an hour after the fire...

This is a private strip in Idaho. Anybody know which one and where it is? https://youtu.be/pt2qbUNo1ao

Anyone been to Warm Springs lately? How are the hot springs?