Backcountry Pilot

I have ended up with a brand new in the bag Dakota Cub Fuel Valve DC11383 with all the paperwork. If anyone is interested drop me a PM. Tom

I ended up with seven more cases of Exxon Elite than I will need. $110/case FOB Harvey Airfield S43. Tom

Nothing fancy, just a beautiful day at Stehekin. 338144461

Don't know if anyone has posted this before. http://idahoptv.org/outdoors/shows/flyingidaho/rayArnold.cfm A true treasure to the backcountry and a wonderful person. TD

For those of you who have not taken the chance to visit the N. Cascades Aircraft Museum in Concrete, WA ( Mears 3W5), you should make plans to go there soon. I saw this announcement today: http://vintageaircraftmuseum.org/ Unfortunate...

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I just read this from the AOPA legal website: https://aopa.realmagnet.land/pps-quick-fact-of-the-month-september Discretion seems to be the order of the day. TD

The Uno Peak fire about 22 miles N. of town of Chelan has blown up. Be aware of new TFR that extends 1/2 across the lake. See: http://tfr.faa.gov/save_pages/detail_7_5249.html Yesterday Stehekin...

Since Photobucket lost its mind and is charging a king's ransom for the ability to post to third party sites, I am looking for a good site to park pictures for posting. What are folks here using? Google...

This guy walked (swam) away from this. The front of the floats were bent up at about 20 degrees. Not a graceful entry. http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1026992707997/

Smoke was horrible yesterday in the PNW. Flew from S43 (Harvey) to S16 (Copalis Beach airport). Tops of smoke 7500-8000. Lateral 5 mile visibility. Not a great flying day but the beach was 64F and...

I keep (kept) an inexpensive....OK cheap...set of headsets in the hanger for the rare occasions I had a fourth person in the plane. Well last weekend the one hoss shay of headsets disintegrated. ...

Alas, yesterday we thought we had angered the Lord of Moss and Mildew when a great flaming ball appeared in an eerily blue sky. The denizens of the Puget Sound quailed in fright at this brightness thinking...

I am jumping on the ADS-B IN/OUT rebate and none of the 978 UAT vendors (except Garmin) supports my current Garmin Pilot app. I have been quite happy with Garmin Pilot and the price point for all the...

I attended a seminar on www.1800wxbrief.com at the AOPA Fly In in Bremerton yesterday. I had tried the website in the past and was underwhelmed; however, they have made many upgrades improve flight...

Had a nice afternoon in the Central Cascades 8-4-16. Harvey to Bandera, Easton, Tieton (where GoPro battery died) then on to Vaughn Ranch. Passed on Ranger Creek since I would have had to fly downwind...

Since our dysfunctional Congress has been tossing FAA privatization around for awhile, I would love to hear a discussion with our Canadian members as to how NavCanada works for aircraft less than 3 tons...