Backcountry Pilot

Thank you for all the responses - some great info and lots to think about. Unfortunately, my internet went down today so I could not respond to any of the questions or comments. I am typing this at kinkos...

After being extremely frustrated renting airplanes and feeling left out of the fun at the High Sierra Fly In, I have decided to buy a plane. I have been reading a lot of posts on this forum, and have...

I recently had a friend fall while trail riding (on horseback) in the Sierra's. Broke her leg in two places and had to be flown out by heli. The bill was almost $10,000. I fly, horse back ride and ski...

Enjoy a little bit of Texas Hill Country. December 2 and 82 degrees!!! Must be nice.

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who would i want to talk to if i wanted to fly all over the states? or do you talk to one and the licence is national? The FAA controls the airspace nationally. The links below might help you get started. http://www.faa.gov/licenses_certificates/airmen_certification/foreign_license_verification/ http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?c=ecfr&SID=770d4984ad6e90e300a7102028e2ee66&rgn=div8&view=text&node=14:2.0.1.1.2.2.1.10&idno=14

For those of you that might be concerned about flying in and out of the lake bed, I thought I would share my experience as a low time pilot that has never landed off airport. I flew to 3 shot gun shells...

Thanks for all the advice. I'm given it a go on Tuesday morning. If you are available Kevin I am planning on departing KCXP arounf 9:00 am. Steve

Thanks for the tips Kevin. I'll take you up on the offer to go out - I really appreciate it. Supposed to rain midweek so early or late next week works for me. Let me know what day works best for you...

You got to get off the black top at some point Exactly. One of my pet peeves with flight training is you don't do an actual off-field, soft or short field landing. All my training was at a 6,000...

Hey kevin, Would like to come to the fly in but I have no experience off-airport. This looks like it might be a good location for a rookie to learn (prior to the fly in). Would you recommend that or...

I ride my horse in that area - lots of small lakes, great trail riding and hiking. It would be a great fly-in location. However, there are a lot of conflicts between recreational users and the conservation...

Ooops - I meant west of minden