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Stories and personalities from the world of backcountry flying.

Two pilots embark on the journey to move a Super Cub from Houston, Texas to its proper new home on the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska. This is the detailed travelogue with every choice and decision laid bare.
A hunting guide and outfitter reflects on the philosophy of his mountain float flying career thus far, including choice of aircraft, and techniques for balancing pressure and decision making in the challenging environment of British Columbia's north coast.
A greenhorn pilot arrives at the conclusion that he needs his own airplane, but wisely decides to conduct further research...by way of getting his float rating.
After two seasons of being limited to 12,000' during commercial sightseeing flights, Hawk Greenway wanted to fly his personal Cessna Bird Dog over the top of Denali, the tallest mountain in North America. When perfect conditions arrived, he went for it.
A Colorado pilot checks off a lifelong bucket list item: Spending an entire summer in Alaska, flying for hire.
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.
A group of friends depart from the foot of the southern Sierra in their vintage taildraggers, bound for a fly-in in Oregon, and discover one high desert gem after another along the way.
A Skywagon pilot has a brush with the risks of high wind water operations, and ends up spending the night out.

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