Hope this isnt ALL true ?

http://www.alaskadispatch.com/dispatche ... sh-history


still no word on them, lotta water out there, no elt signal.............. sad

That story, as told, is bizarre... Of course you have to take it with a huge grain of salt coming from the plaintiff's opening salvo in a lawsuit.

Gump

Dam here is another one... and hunting season has not even started yet

http://www.alaskadispatch.com/dispatche ... itna-river

Yeah, it gets real special some years. Some will actually sit and listen when ya try and keep them safe. Others figure their big pile of money and a cool airplane will make up for judgment and lack of skill. Late summer/early fall was always an interesting time to be far northwest.

Gump

So what's wrong with beating on your prop with a rock and then smoothing out the nicks with your pocket knife? Makes you wonder...it's like that B-52 crash up in Fairchild back in the 90's. That pilot had came close multiple times and had been busted multiple times for doing stupid stuff. That particular day he had 3 people on board just to make sure he didn't do anything dumb and he killed them all.

Don,

Actually the sheep season starts on the tenth of August or thereabouts....the beginning of the "crashing season" normally, though folks got an early start this year for sure.

A really bloody year in Alaska aviation, and lots of good people lost to date.

MTV

Last year the FAA sent out a flyer saying that 75% of all aviation accidents in AK happen in the month of August. Seems to be holding true this year, however, only 5 more days!