Backcountry Pilot

A long-time Alaskan takes some international visitors for a tour of frozen Lake George, and is reminded of the power of the airplane to expose the uninitiated to a wildly different world.

A Colorado pilot checks off a lifelong bucket list item: Spending an entire summer in Alaska, flying for hire.

After two seasons of being limited to 12,000' during commercial sightseeing flights, Hawk Greenway wanted to fly his personal Cessna Bird Dog over the top of Denali, the tallest mountain in North America. When perfect conditions arrived, he went for it.

A greenhorn pilot arrives at the conclusion that he needs his own airplane, but wisely decides to conduct further research...by way of getting his float rating.

Two pilots embark on the journey to move a Super Cub from Houston, Texas to its proper new home on the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska. This is the detailed travelogue with every choice and decision laid bare.