Backcountry Pilot

Hi everyone, I'm posting my MX-7-180A up for sale. Currently operated out of KMWC-Milwaukee's Timmerman Field. Please take a look and let me know if you have any questions. Everything including description...

I subscribe to a YouTube channel called The Matador Network. They do a lot of video production of travel destinations around the world. The most recent was a short film featuring Nimmo Bay Resort in...

Saw these floats listed on Barnstormers yesterday: https://www.barnstormers.com/classified_1359140_Edo+2440+Floats%2C+Maule+rigging.html When looking on Edo’s site, I only see floats for an M4....

So, I got an insurance quote on a Bearhawk on floats and I nearly soiled myself. Hoping it's an experimental anomaly, I just asked my agent to quote a Maule seaplane for me. I expect that it won't be cheap,...

During annual, both my pads and discs were beyond limits (single-puck). So we replaced them. Both cylinders are firm and have good pressure. Before they were replaced, I had good braking action, and...

So looking back, a fellow Mauler talked about a Scout prop as a nice performance upgrade for us fixed-pitch solid-crank 180 guys, versus a high-dollar C/S engine/prop update. I embarked on a mission to...

Down in Crystal River, Florida visiting family this week, and my brother is here, too, with his teenage boys and daughter. They’d never been in a small plane, and the weather was perfect for a flight....

I shot my first video with a single GoPro last weekend when flying to Oshkosh for the ski plane fly in. I trimmed out all the boring stuff, and the final result was about 6:30 long or so. I was filming...

So, I figured my first official duty as a junior snow flier now would be to record my first fly in, for better or for worse. Why not EAA’s annual fly in at Piioneer Airport? Approach and departure...

As I'm absolutely planning for a life on the water in my Bearhawk project (when it isn't frozen solid, of course). My wife bought me an early birthday present today of my first seaplane lesson! 1.3 hours...