Backcountry Pilot

A summer job as a de Havilland Beaver glacier pilot sounds ideal, but there is just so much to explore in Alaska— An adventuresome pilot needs his own airplane.

A hunting guide and outfitter reflects on the philosophy of his mountain float flying career thus far, including choice of aircraft, and techniques for balancing pressure and decision making in the challenging environment of British Columbia's north coast.

In the northern reaches of Minnesota, where bush flying is as tough as Alaska minus the mountains, the long-heralded de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver has the full confidence of the US Forest Service for the task of working the Superior National Forest and Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in a variety of missions.