Backcountry Pilot

Conservationist, pilot, and NGO founder Jaime Dias uses his Cessna to protect and document wildlife in the challenging environment of the African bush.

In the northern reaches of Minnesota, where bush flying is as tough as Alaska minus the mountains, the long-heralded de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver has the full confidence of the US Forest Service for the task of working the Superior National Forest and Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in a variety of missions.

Southern California-based Evan Robinson is a powerhouse photographer from the platform of his Tri-Pacer, producing some of the most captivating aerial landscapes we've seen yet. We get to know the youthful and charismatic pilot below in six questions about flying and photography.

Red Bull-sponsored paraglider pilot Paul Guschlbauer set his sights on the ultimate land of adventure: Alaska, where he bought a Super Cub, and opened up a whole new world for the union of bush plane and paraglider.

Professional pilot and aviation photographer Leonardo Correa Luna is our first quarter 2017 featured photographer. Get to know the Uruguay native and Cessna 170 pilot as he answers my questions about flying and photography.

Gentleman Husky pilot and globetrotter Alex Wells is our latest featured photographer. Get to know the Bend, Oregon resident a little better to learn how he brings to life his aerial landscape and candid photography.

In a time before radio navigation, detailed charts, and reliable engines, the frontiersman of the sky helped blaze the way for aviation and exploration in Alaska. The following is a short overview of the characters from Katie Ringsmuth's new historical account Alaska’s Skyboys: Cowboy Pilot and the Myth of the Last Frontier.

Adventure photographer Dan Bailey of Anchorage, Alaska is our fourth quarter featured photographer. Get to know the Colorado native and Cessna 120 pilot as he answers my questions about flying and photography in the North.