Featured articles
Stories and personalities from the world of backcountry flying.
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Zane Jacobson
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March 28, 2018
Déjà Vu, Alaska - The Story
A return to Alaska births the realization that repeated experiences with the same old friends and their same old airplanes is a tradition worth repeating, again.
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Paul Guschlbauer
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January 01, 2018
Fly to fly: Paragliding Alaska by Super Cub with Paul Guschlbauer
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.
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Matt McLaughlin
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April 03, 2017
Flying the Knife Edge
The story of an ordinary man experiencing extraordinary things as a bush pilot in Papua New Guinea in the 1990s, Matt McLaughlin's memoir Flying the Knife Edge is a wonderfully depicted tale of exotic aviation adventure.
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Zane Jacobson
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February 01, 2017
Photo pilot: Six questions with Leonardo Correa Luna
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.
By
Evan Davis
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January 18, 2017
To Idaho
A newly minted private pilot sets off on a long solo journey west from Ohio to Idaho and learns some invaluable lessons.
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Zane Jacobson
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December 23, 2016
7 Days on the Range
Join us on a 7-day family summer vacation to the Mesabi Iron Range of northeast Minnesota for some weather, wind, and fun flying in some unique bush planes. Oh, and a super long short film.
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Jon "Jughead" Counsell
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October 31, 2016
High Sierra fly-in adventure
A Washington state pilot turns his Cessna 170 on course for the 2016 High Sierra fly-in with a play-by-play account of his journey to the 7th annual high desert backcountry event.
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Jake Morrel
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September 28, 2016
True Maine Bush Flying Stories
Pilot and author Jake Morrel has released Hardscrabble Lodge: True Maine Bush Flying Stories, a vivacious and colorful tale of his pursuit of a life in the wilderness of northwest Maine.
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Ted Waltman
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September 12, 2016
Maule ferry flight to Alaska
For the second time in less than a year, pilot Ted Waltman heads north to Alaska from the Lower 48, this time to ferry a newly-purchased Maule M5 from Pullman, WA for a busy friend.
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Zane Jacobson
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July 31, 2016
Photo pilot: Six questions with Alex Wells
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.
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Zane Jacobson
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May 23, 2016
Attention deficit: Alaska
The editor bites off a little more than he can chew as he brings his young family along for the annual sojourn to the The Great Alaska Aviation Gathering, resulting in a wildly mixed Alaska experience in this saga of a trip report.
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John Nielsen
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April 05, 2016
A Better-Than-New Cessna 170
Of all the aircraft we wish were still newly-manufactured, the Cessna 170B would be near the top of the list; this rebuilt 1955 model is truly better than new.
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A Thousand Words
What is a picture worth? View this full frame slideshow of some of the most stunning backcountry flying photos from our community.