Backcountry Pilot

Two life-long friends set out for Alaska from Colorado in a Backcountry Super Cubs SQ-2, on a simple quest for backcountry adventure and good beer.

Halfway around the world from the usual bush flying haunts lies the isolated Scandinavian island of Iceland: the "land of ice and fire", so named for its mountains, glaciers, and volcanoes. This is just as likely a place to explore by bushplane as any in Alaska or Canada. Super Cub pilot Arnar Thor Emilsson takes us on a photographic journey through the northern paradise he calls home.

Red Bull-sponsored paraglider pilot Paul Guschlbauer set his sights on the ultimate land of adventure: Alaska, where he bought a Super Cub, and opened up a whole new world for the union of bush plane and paraglider.

A return to Alaska births the realization that repeated experiences with the same old friends and their same old airplanes is a tradition worth repeating, again.

Jake Morrel has released a new memoir from conversations with long-time Maine Warden Service pilot Gary Dumond, in which he recounts a career of bush flying adventures in Maine's fish and game airborne fleet.

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.