Backcountry Pilot

How does one start a story that was years in the making? I dreamed of sheep hunting with my kids long before I even met the woman who would be his mother, and when he was an infant, the sheep-themed baby...

I had planned to take my son out for the youth sheep hunt, but that didn’t work out, so as the first days of August ticked by my brother and I made plans to try for a sheep on a tight schedule. I had to...

My 2023 hunting season was a weird one. Rainy weather with low clouds dominated, and that coupled with some boat problems (I do a bit of commercial fishing in the summer) once again conspired to keep me...

This season was both awesome and overwhelming. Back in November I had encouraged a few family members and friends to apply for a drawing tag that would require me flying them in. I’m always looking for...

A post on a Facebook pilot's forum gave me an idea. If you've got kids cooped up at home due to school closures and they've got a box of Legos, have them build a model of your airplane sometime in the...

Heading into the summer, my hope was to spend some time scouting some new areas that I might be able to hunt with my son. He’s 11 years old, and while I didn’t figure that I’d take him sheep hunting until...

I have a friend who is starting the journey to becoming a private pilot but who is, unfortunately, not receiving any support from her family and most of her friends. As folks who don't fly, their perception...

My family owns a hangar at Birchwood (Alaska) that has a poor design for shedding snow, and I'm wondering if there are any feasible options for modifying the design to add on an addition that would direct...

I posted this story elsewhere on the 'net, but as with my sheep hunt, some members of this community were integral to me being able to pull a trip like this off. As such, I wanted to share it here as...

I posted this story elsewhere on the 'net, but I wanted to share it here as well. I've only been a member of this community for a few short months, but in that time I've received a fair bit of help that...

I've been reading here for the past couple of months since another father on my son's baseball team wore his BCP hat a few times and I checked it out. What a wonderful resource! Seriously, thanks to...