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B Bar C Ranch: Middle Fork Outfitters’ Remote Getaway

Middle Fork Outfitters’ B Bar C Ranch: Year-round Remote Fly-in Ranch Are you looking to really get away from it all? Take your friends to a remote, off-the-grid ranch most people have never...

Piper PA-18 Super Cub

Piper PA-18 Super Cub: The Shortfield Takeoff and Landing Champion By R.K. Dick Williams with Crista Worthy Mention the words “bush plane” and the image that pops into most pilot’s minds is the...

The Berlin Airlift: Flying Over the Berlin Blockade

The Berlin Airlift: over 200,000 flights and 8,893 tons of supplies a day. The weather was far from ideal as Major General Tunner approached Tempelhof airport. Under normal situations, all flights...

The Piper Apache and Piper Aztec: Birds of a Feather

What is the Difference Between the Piper Apache and Piper Aztec? Is it a Piper Apache PA-23? Or a Piper Aztec PA-27? Or PA-23 Aztec? I guess technically all three designations are correct with the...

Piper PA-34 Seneca: One of the Last of It’s Kind

Piper PA-34 Seneca: One of the Last of It’s Kind The Piper PA-34 Seneca has a fairly interesting development history, starting out as a tri-motor and now serving as a popular light twin-engine...

Cessna 182 Skylane

The Cessna 182 Skylane: Jack of All Trades By Galen L. Hanselman with Crista Worthy They say every airplane is a compromise, and perhaps no airplane makes more compromises—while also delivering more...

The LANSA Flight 508 Crash: Juliane Koepcke and 11 Days of Survival

Juliane Koepcke’s Incredible Story of Survival Juliane Koepcke was born in Lima in 1954, to Maria and Hans-Wilhelm Koepcke. She had what many, herself included, considered a lucky upbringing...

Unmanned Aerial Systems: Rules any UAS Operator Should Know

The Current State of Rules for Unmanned Aerial Systems It’s safe to say that all pilots have an interest in the new rules regarding the operation of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) in our national...

Book Review: Fly Idaho

Fly Idaho: The Backcountry “Bible” Backcountry flying, particularly in the mountains and canyons of Idaho, is like nothing else in aviation. True, a fair number of Americans confuse Idaho...