Real rodeo gettin’ ‘er unstuck.

Nice! Brings back memories.

I probably wouldn't get out of bed on a day like that! The serious shaking of the plane to break it free from the snow's grip was a sight to behold. Makes me glad I have a hangar in a place where it seldom snows at sea level! I like looking at the snow, I just don't like living in it. I've shoveled enough snowy driveways for this lifetime!

Can, Can't, Want, and Need...

It's my estimation that those are today's most commonly misunderstood, and misused words in the English language.

That gentleman clearly understood them all, and got with the program. One of my greatest joys in life is showing a young impressionable mind, that his momentary mindset is probably his single biggest hold back, and then watching the light bulb click. We will watch this at work tonight, where it will be 74°

Take care,
Rob

Interesting sight to watch.

So I don't want to be that guy...you know, the Debbie Downer, but....

-That kind of looked like ice on top of the wing...perhaps just faded paint.
-I'm wondering about prop contact and erosion with the snow.
-I'm wondering about icing on the tail with all that powder blowing up. I'ts probably not sticking, but how can you know?

ZP

Yes you are a downer

A swift kick sideways at each ski tip would have had him taxi away without rodeo but still would need lots of power.

None of this stuff will stick on the tail unless it is overflow.

Borer props do curl or flatten out the tip easy if they hit heavy snow. MT’s love to delaminate

With proper technique the snow you see blowing should not be from the prop making contact but from prop wash blasting snow back.

Ski flying can be totally awesome, some of the most memorable flights I ever had were on skis ( for different reasons ) some of the most

difficult and plain awful trips were on skis, but when it is good nothing else compares with the serenity of a perfect ski flying trip.

Landing on fresh pow is like landing on a pillow hard drifts are like concrete and don't even ask about flat light or Overflow

Those perfect days make us tolerate the others.

I believe the video is a bit deceiving. the snow is not all that deep, when it when it looks like it it is up past the middle of the door on taxi what you are seeing is snow on the island between the plane and camera not in the path that the plane is taking. At that speed and with large straight skis the plane would have rode up on top of a wind blown drift. Prop look clear of the snow during taxi.
DENNY

I am pretty sure I know who this is, at least sure enough to wager a beverage on it.

If I'm right, the guy I know is the shaker and his son is probably the pilot. Very experienced Alaska pilot and one of the best natural aviators I've ever had the pleasure of knowing. He has a zeal and a passion that most of us only dream of having.

When I moved to Alaska, he took me under his wing and gave me great advice. He helped me find a Super Cub, then taught me to fly it, then mentored me as I learned on my own. He lent me a set of skis for a few winters under the condition that I have new UHMW bottoms installed, which I did. He had me to his house for Christmas with his family when I was in Anchorage alone. I've been influenced by many aviators over the years, but it's fair to say that this guy is in the top 5, and certainly the one who taught me more about managing risk in the backcountry than anyone else.

I'm glad to see him still kicking and still getting the most out of life.

Scout high up, deeper snow than expected. He stayed warm stamping down a path with snowshoes. Got out the next day. He was prepared, even had some engine heat to help with the start.

slowmover wrote:I am pretty sure I know who this is, at least sure enough to wager a beverage on it.

If I'm right, the guy I know is the shaker and his son is probably the pilot. Very experienced Alaska pilot and one of the best natural aviators I've ever had the pleasure of knowing. He has a zeal and a passion that most of us only dream of having.

When I moved to Alaska, he took me under his wing and gave me great advice. He helped me find a Super Cub, then taught me to fly it, then mentored me as I learned on my own. He lent me a set of skis for a few winters under the condition that I have new UHMW bottoms installed, which I did. He had me to his house for Christmas with his family when I was in Anchorage alone. I've been influenced by many aviators over the years, but it's fair to say that this guy is in the top 5, and certainly the one who taught me more about managing risk in the backcountry than anyone else.

I'm glad to see him still kicking and still getting the most out of life.

I dunno, that shaker had the moves of a pretty young man.

A quote from an old Alaska Bush Pilot, after a similar start: "Son, there's two kinds of men in Alaska winter flying: Blasters and Pushers. You now know that tis better to be a Blaster than a Pusher." In that case, that young "pusher" learned to fly that spring.