Backcountry Pilot

I upgraded to Quasar CX tips, so my RMDs are for sale. $1000 + shipping for the pair. I’ll even include the original Cessna strobe/nav lights, but the landing lights are long gone and are NOT included....

So I installed my new Hartzell Voyager today. Short version: Better in every possible metric. Long version: Previous prop was a round tip 80” Hartzell Top Prop. The Voyager is 86”. The Voyager blades...

Like many other 180/185 owners, I've dealt with the pitch trim wheel roll pins failing. Never had one run away, but the last time I had my trim wheel out, the roll pin was only held in by the safety wire....

We’re planning on our annual Idaho trip next week, but it looks like it’s been raining up there for quite a while. I thought it’d be good to start a thread on runway conditions there. I called Flying...

Saw Apollo 11 in IMAX last week, and am taking the family to see it today. It is absolutely incredible and I can’t recommend it highly enough. I’m a space nerd and thought I’d seen most of the...

IO-520D on a C185. Getting ready to head out for Oshkosh. My starter has, on occasion, not turned when I try to start. Click, but no rotation. A few tries and it would eventually go. Replaced the starter...

I have an 80" Round tip Hartzell three blade on my 185 (PHC-C3YF-1RF w/F8468A -6 blades). It works fine, and has less than three hundred hours since new (came on the plane when I bought it last year),...

Family isn't getting any smaller, so it looks like we're in the market for a 185. Tough to find good ones, and based the few I've looked at, even the good ones often aren't. I know what I want and...

Just got this email: Recreational Aviation Foundation Chicken Strip needs work and we’re gettin’ it done! Can you help Oct 15-16? We just coordinated a date for a work party at Chicken Strip...

Been lurking around the Vans Aircraft forums and stumbled upon this article on safety. While you may not agree with everything there, it's still worth the read. Lots of relevant info. http://www.vansairforce.net/mytakeonflying.htm

My mom passed a few years ago, and since I've sort of been the photography guru of the family, before she passed she gave me all of her old camera gear. It's all film-based (no digital), and generally...

If you haven't seen it, 'Bob Hoover: Flying the Feathered Edge' is a must-see. In addition I just watched another Hoover film that was every bit as impressive. To this day, he was the only act I've...

This adventure started to take place last year when my friend, Joe, and I flew my 180 to Oshkosh. We had grand plans of camping in the Utah backcountry for a night or two along the way, but scrubbed those...

Continental makes a play for the experimental and after market..

Anyone have suggestions for an Otter charter in Ketchikan? Our family will be up there this summer on an Alaska cruise, and my father is looking to charter one for an hour or two sightseeing flight. ...

I consider myself reasonably educated when it comes to aviation history, but I'm embarrassed to say I'd never even heard of Eric Browne. Almost 500 aircraft types flown and over 2400 carrier landings,...