Backcountry Pilot

A general forum for anything related to flying the backcountry. Please check first if your new topic fits better into a more specific forum before posting.

Debrief, share, and hopefully learn from the mistakes of others.

Discuss the legality of flying the backcountry, FARs, advocacy, and aviation relevant legislation. Registered users only.

While not directly aviation-related, survival and basic wilderness skills, sometimes called "bush craft" are an important part of flying the remote backcountry.

This is a publicly viewable forum for paid classified ads, exempted from Marketplace posting rules on a per-ad basis.

Found a good flying movie or book? Share your thoughts.

Discussion of guns, gunsmithing, hunting and/or bowhunting, and fishing. No politics allowed. Forum is only visible to registered members.

Information and discussion about seaplanes, float planes, and water operations.

It takes strength and fortitude to beat the air into submission.

Near misses, close calls, and lessons learned the hard way. Share with others so that they might avoid the same mistakes.

Discuss cameras, lenses, techniques for shooting and post-processing. Please do not ask questions about how to post photos in the forum. See the Help section for website usage questions.

Two of the best inventions ever, skis and airplanes, together.

Share tips, techniques, or anything else related to flying.

Did you fly somewhere cool, take photos, and feel like telling the tale to make us drool from the confines of our offices? Post them up!

Links to general aviation backcountry flying-oriented videos. It can be yours or stuff you find on the internet. Please no airline/military.