Backcountry Pilot

Since I bought my new REV as a single in stock item at the local dealer, it had bare instrumentation. Hour meter, tach, CHT, EGT, radio. I'm considering the Garmin D2 pilot's watch to fill some gaps. It...

I'm not saying BCP is going to be over run with new members flying trikes, but Evolution Trikes (USA designed and built) has three offerings, two of which are STOL with tundra tires. The Revo is their...

Or at least that is what Larry Mednick owner of Evolution refers to his latest offering, the REV. For those familiar with high end trikes his company's Revo is the Corvette of trikes, US made and 105 mph...

I introduced Mary who is my neighbor in the airpark to BCP a couple of weeks ago. She signed up but hasn't gotten approved yet. She is most worthy of being a BCP member, her log in name is FeetOfClay. Thank...

Crossing the North Pacific at the stately speed of 39 kt TAS on solar power. During the day it is a slow climb to 30,000' while the panels are producing enough for both the climb and recharge the batteries...

I have noticed on the forum a lot of new additions to the aviation community recently, my congratulations to all those new parents. While I haven't flown since 1982, I have no pictures to add to this topic....

Things are moving along, I'll be moving into my new (to me) hangar home in two weeks at close of escrow. https://www.backcountrypilot.org/forum/air-park-living-on-the-cheap-18739 Keeping to my theme...

Nice what a lot of turbo boost will give. http://www.vikingaircraftengines.com/performance.html

For those that have researched air park living, the most common price break is the fixer for $300K and it goes up from there. In my research over the last 6 years while I was caring for my dad, I found...

It is time to pick a flight school for getting my Sport Pilot license. Since my goal is to join the good folks here on some of your back country gatherings like Johnson Creek, I searched for a school that...

I know I'm asking for the best of both worlds in one package. I'm thinking the CH-701 on their own design Zenith floats might work, as it retains the mono spring gear and single full size nose wheel. Looking...

I'm posting in hopes of folks punching holes in my idea, so feel encouraged to explain the errors of my thinking. This may not be much a fun factor to others, but robust rate of climb is something I...

As a former hang glider pilot I've enjoyed the purity of un-powered flight. Because of this I have hoped over the years for powered flight from something other than noisy and vibrating internal combustion...

I've been keeping track of the LH-10 ELLIPSE and noticed besides the Rotax 912 they are also using Vija engines. In fact they have more offerings using the Vija engines (a French company, but so is the...

There is just something about a plane sitting in the middle of nowhere that appeals to me. I think this forum and its members is a good fit for me.

Tyler, I've viewed about 1/2 of your videos that you posted a link to above. Nice camera and editing work, and always being land bound in your area I didn't know what a scenic flying area Corvallis...

Tyler, have you come across this article? http://www.stolspeed.com/origins-701-savannah

EZFlap and Flyhound thanks for the comments. I do have a question for you or any other folks and that is besides having to trust someone else's workmanship and needing an A&P for routine maintenance and...