These are my girlfriends... Business and pleasure. I want to sell them both and get a Rans Man.

1986 Maule MX-7-180 completely rebuilt in 2010 by Maule Flight.

N8377W at Nokai Dome (above) with Navajo Mountain in the background.



I hate to see Piper Cherokees so under-represented in these pages. It may not be a real back-country machine, but it's a nice-flying bird and it can get into and out of some short strips with some stick-and-rudder practice.

Adam
I owned a 180C serial number 28-2152. I flew that bad boy for 1,200 hours in 9 years. I loved it. My useful load was 1050 lbs. and it would haul every bit no problem.

I like Cherokee's.....they make real nice cross country machines....Prefer high wings for back-country ops though...

Most everyone here knows what I am working on here as far as the PA-28 goes.......Here is ours...



And what we want to do with it....



And this is where we are at so far with the test fuselage....in the snow....



Brian.

Moosehead Lake, ME

Keuka Lake, NY

Keuka lake, NY

Those are some gorgeous shots of your 180, Aqua! I love the look on straight floats.

Is she a '59? Looks a lot like my baby. Nice!

Oregon,

Thanks. No, mine is a '62. The white and red one in the formation shot is a '59, a very nice airplane.

That Cherokee taildragger is slick. 110kt cruise, 1050 lbs useful, I think it would make a slick plane for the $40k budget.

A real all metal aircraft kit, real aircraft rivets, built tough

"Lucky 7"

"JailBreak"

http://www.offairportaviators.org.sandp ... category=2

Backcountry Tundra wrote:A real all metal aircraft kit, real aircraft rivets, built tough

Beautiful build, and I recognize that sheep Did this replace the '14 ?
Take care, Rob

I'm new to back country pilot and I couldn't help but show off the fleet.
The Piet is my dads but i've been flying it all my life. I've never flown a better flying airplane
First Solo 2000

Dad and I, Winter Flying 1991

1963 Cessna 150C Great airplane but I have to sell it now that I have the Cub

1953 Tango SuperCub

Sawyer

Brian - Steve's Aircraft wrote:I like Cherokee's.....they make real nice cross country machines....Prefer high wings for back-country ops though...

Most everyone here knows what I am working on here as far as the PA-28 goes.......Here is ours...

And this is where we are at so far with the test fuselage....in the snow....



Brian.

First time I've seen this. Part of me wants to say this is so wrong... but the other part of me thinks it would be a lot of fun.

105special wrote:I'm new to back country pilot and I couldn't help but show off the fleet.

What a beauty that Piet... I wouldnt know but I suspect there's no better feeling than flying an open cockpit... i just want to do it so that I can justify buying aviator hat, goggles and Jacket!

Rob wrote:

Backcountry Tundra wrote:A real all metal aircraft kit, real aircraft rivets, built tough

Beautiful build, and I recognize that sheep Did this replace the '14 ?
Take care, Rob

Eh Rob, nice Ram indeed... I'll add a Ram and Moose counter to my dash! what do you mean if it replaced the '14? Cheers, BCT

This is my experimental homebuilt, pretty much built entirely in my garage. It's a Bushcaddy, all metal, tough as nails (very strong airframe) and a complete joy to fly. These pics were taken on the day of its first flight.

Just a bump since there has been some new members lately

Btt, can't let this thread die yet.