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PIREPS |
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01.20.2007 - My First Frozen Lake Landing
Todd Giencke gives us a great writeup on his introduction to landing a Beech Musketeer on frozen bodies of water in the midst of the balmy Minnesota winter. |
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07.20.2006 - Trip Report: BackcountryPilot.Org 1st Annual Summer Fly-In
Zane sums up the 1st annual BCP Summer Fly-In at Johnson Creek, Idaho. |
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10.11.2005 - Adding a Seaplane Rating
dav3469 relates his experience in gaining his ASES at Alaska Float Ratings. |
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06.30.2005
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Maule Fly-in 2005 @ Minam Lodge, Oregon
Strata Rocketeer ventures far north from his balmy homeland of Arizona to the lush greenery of Oregon for the annual Maule pilots' fly-in. I think he even rode a horse. |
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06.10.2005
- Micro AeroDynamics Vortex Generators Pilot
Report
Strata Rocketeer (aka Doug Abbott) reviews
the Micro AeroDynamics VGs from installation
to performance in the field. |
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Airports and Strips |
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09.28.2005
- Powers, OR
Seemingly the most consistent member able to translate his flying experiences into entertaining and readable story form, Jr.CubBuilder once again gives us a brief account of his trip to an interesting Northwest destination, Powers, Oregon (6S6) |
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08.24.2005 - Idaho backcountry from a greenhorn's perspective
Once again Jr.CubBuilder recounts his adventures of hot summer mountain flying in an underpowered airplane. This time he heads out to Johnson Creek to meet up with the Supercub.org crowd. |
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05.26.2005
- High Grass at Lake Wenatchee State
Jr.CubBuilder ventures out into Washington
state in search of state-maintained grass
strips, and finds out what happens when you
combine 80 degree temps, 12" grass, and
a 53 year old Continental O-300. |
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Live to Tell, Hangar Flying, and Campfire Tales |
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05.13.2008 - Trip Report: Cashmere, WA
Groundlooper recounts a tale of renaissance fair geekery, rural airport hopping, and creative leaning. |
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06.04.2006 - All Alone as the Mountain Blew
Shorton recounts his great tale of being one of the few Portland area pilots in the air during the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. He made it home unscathed, but barely. |
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06.04.2006 - The Quest for White Magic
Shane Horton, aka shorton, gives us another fun story of putting his 1947 Stinson Voyager to good use: Flying his dad into the bush to hunt Dall Sheep in the Copper Creek area of Alaska. |
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04.03.2006 - So You Want a Picture of a Bear, Eh?!
Maulmaniac tells his story of a brush with a Brown bear in what sounds like the inspiration for the movie The Edge. |
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12.17.2005 - Fun with Overflow
Mrs. Big Dog comes out of the woodwork to post her first article: A story about an encounter with the treacherous phenomenon of Ice Overflow. Read and learn about another fun way to lose your aircraft to Mother Nature. |
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12.10.2005
- Fun With Dead Stick Landings
Maulmaniac takes an unplanned excursion over Malheur Lake while ferrying a Super Cub from Idaho to Northern California. |
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