Many aspire to flying in the backcountry. Few do. YouTuber RanchPilot is one who does. Better yet, he videos his flights and beautifully edits them in to masterpieces that are sure to get your blood pumping. https://youtu.be/LGTDCB-UDE4 In Wyoming Ridgetop Landing Above the Clouds, RanchPilot happens upon a landing site he’d have certainly missed if not […]
Q&A: So you fly RCs
Radio-controlled (RC) flying is a popular hobby for full-scale pilots and non-pilots alike. For those full-scale pilots who haven’t had the pleasure of flying an RC, I thought I’d share a recent conversation with Seattle-area full-scale and RC pilot Doug Wilson. General Aviation News: You’re a pilot. Tell me what certificates and ratings you hold. […]
Eagle Scout Project builds shelter at airport campground
PAYSON, Ariz. – Necessity, as they say, is the mother of invention. While the camping/picnic shelter was invented long ago, having one at the Payson Airport (KPAN) campground would’ve been nice when then 6-year-old James Nebrig and his family waited out a very wet thunderstorm in a tent. Sitting in that soaking tent, James started […]
Rotary Aviation Zone dedicated at TIW
GIG HARBOR, Wash. – “I’ve lived near Tacoma Narrows for 25 years,” said Friends of Tacoma Narrows Airport vice president Roger Gruener. “I’m not a pilot, but I’ve enjoyed bringing my kids, and now grandkids, out to the airport to watch the planes.” That sentiment was the cornerstone of the newly dedicated Rotary Aviation Zone […]
Podcast: ‘Magazines Tossed About’
Uncontrolled Airspace (UCAP) – broadcasting since August 22, 2006 – is the grand-daddy of aviation-themed podcasts. Hosted by Jeb Burnside, Dave Higdon and Jack Hodgson, UCAP is a heavy dose of hangar flying. On the latest episode (#382), General Aviation News publisher Ben Sclair joined the UCAP crew. [Link to MP3 audio file]. Enjoy.
Able Flight celebrates, raises funds
HOUSTON, Texas – The population of pilots with disabilities grows each year. Not by a lot, but in a very meaningful way. Thanks to Able Flight. Founded in 2006, Able Flight has played a part in helping more than 40 people with some form of physical disability earn a pilot certificate. In order to keep […]
Passion is a two-way street
Suffice it to say, I’ve been to many more airshows than car shows. But back in the late 1990s and early 2000s, my wife and I met up with my in-laws at a few car shows around the country. Roy Nisbet, my father-in-law, was a car guy. After a lifetime as owner of Grand Forks […]
Video: Ospreys Over Romania
There is little doubt the MV-22B is one of the more unique aircraft in the U.S. military inventory. Airailimages pieced together some video clips, including helmet-mounted, first person view, of operation over Romania. “U.S. Marine MV-22B Ospreys from Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa departed Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base, Romania, with a platoon of […]
Video: 170s in the Wrangells
Prepare to be jealous. Very jealous. BackcountryPilot.org founder Zane Jacobson enjoyed a multi-day trip into the wilds of the Wrangell Mountains in Alaska. What’d he get all of us? A video. A very beautiful video (and story). https://vimeo.com/128831330 Want more of the story, there’s more at BackcountryPilot.org. Do go live vicariously through Zane.