Backcountry Pilot

Hi, I'm helping a gentleman that just got a new to him 182Q with the IO550 and the super up AirGlas strut. Much to my surprise the shimmy damper (which is under the cowling) looks like it strikes...

Poll for the tribe. The plastic in the back has only lasted 47 years...come on Cessna! So time to replace those back panels. I know about Selkirk but sadly they don't have molds for 1977 Q models yet....

You insure your airplane, so why not insure yourself and your passengers? We've got 3 more spots for this year's seminar. We are hosting it at Root Ranch. We try to do these seminars at least once...

To the tribe. Santa said he’d bring me some after market bells and whistles to make the interior of my 182 nicer and more useful/comfortable. Lay it on me…what products have you seen that would be great?...

If you're interested, some Air Force ACC and AFSOC veterans have put together some specific survival and wilderness medicine training together geared specifically for backcountry aviators and aircrew....

Folks, Looking to finally do ADSB on our Bearhawk. Currently have a GTX320A, and I just fly around the local class C in Boise when necessary. Was considering doing the tail beacon, as it sounds like...

Does anyone know of a private company that offers in depth, interactive, survival training to backcountry pilots? I know some of us have had SERE through the military, but I just don't know if something...

Just finished reading this on deployment. It's by Winston Groom, the same guy that wrote Forrest Gump. Really nice way of writing about the history of three of the most prolific aviators to date. I learned...

All, I'm new to ownership, and my dad is thinking about building his first kit plane. I'm just wondering an informal poll of what people are paying for insurance. Is it a percentage of the hull value that...

I finally have the option to buy a hanger...it's going to happen next month. I was looking for some general advice and had some questions before dropping the money. 1. As this is on leased land with...

My partner unfortunately had the gear collapse on our Bearhawk in dirt. Throttle was at idle, but ground loop clearly happened and the wing got bent and the prop struck the ground. I'm a fairly new...

All, I'm new to the site and only in my second year of backcountry flying. Just a young person, ~250hrs, eager, with lots of dumb questions... The natural progression is clearly to get a tailwheel!...