Backcountry Pilot

Having some trouble understanding exactly why Micro AeroDynamics could be at fault when an aircraft owner buys and installs their product correctly, then crashes on a test flight because of "altered flight...

Saw Portland this morning and now both it and Seattle. Roughly 30 mile radius to 18,000'. How does this affect GA, and does the TFR state the reason?

Used, just starting to show a few quarter-sized cord spots, only on the inside (I never switched them on the rims). Bought new in 2015. Herculiner last two years. $600 7CBB8098-9032-4455-96D9-F2F6ABEF6B7D.jpeg 9DDD760E-9443-4A92-A394-B4589F9FE8FD.jpeg

Sucks to operate from a paved airport, even often switching to mounted 8:50 when the fat stuff wasn't required. 7 years, and got the quarter-sized tread patches showing through. Herculiner last few years...

Found this drone video of the strip at Fishem Lake (60 miles north of Whistler, BC) from last September. Looks to still be in good shape (and that D9 cat is still midway on the south side). Never seen...

G5 in HSI mode gives ground track from the GPS, my preference since it bypasses all that whiz wheel winds aloft stuff and calculations to determine ground track the old school way. Installing a GMU11 dumbs...

Noticed Desser has a 280/250 x 4 tailwheel tire that is 6ply instead of the regular 4 ply. Anybody prefer these in the off-airport environment, or are they meant for something heavier than a Citabria?

Any thoughts? I discount the “low flying” finger-wagging - aircraft is an amphib flying over the flattest terrain on the planet. All I’ve seen is some YouTube video showing a lot of structural damage...

Overnighted at the Nimpo Lake Lodge at the north end of Nimpo Lake. About a 1600' strip, easy walk to the lodge at the beach. You can see Logan's SuperCub docked behind the cabin, heard a rumour it might...

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I'd like to camp around Floras Lake later this spring, nearest airport is Cape Blanco. Anybody have any details for parking/camping there. Any tie-downs? I'll try bring my mountain bike so that I'm semi-mobile,...

Thinking of adding a fuel flow to my Citabria. Gravity, so gold cube FT-90. Gascolater outlet is 3/8 NPT to a -8 hose. Cube is 1/4" NPT at both ends. Easiest would be to mount to gascolator before...

One of our local airports got a 2" dusting of snow and promptly closed all the runways (it has 3). Next door airport was open in the same conditions. Snow is pretty variable, light and fluffy or heavy...

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Kermit Weeks has posted a great photo collage of flying the Martin Mars (it is a larger flying boat) from the west coast of British Columbia to Oshkosh last week. Non-stop. Day VFR. I'd been in the Mars...

Need a new altimeter, could go with a drop in vanilla 3 1/8" sensitive. Looked at a TL Elektronics digital with mode C output. Anybody tried one?

Do I need a Mexican license validation to fly a Mexican registered aircraft in Mexico or the US, or can I use my FAA license?

Tried searching all the forums as I was sure this would already have been posted, so apologies if it is a repeat. Snow seemed a little deep, even for AKB, but he kept it right side up. Anybody know who/where...

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