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Airplane daytrip: Fairbanks to Denali National Park

Alaska pilots interested in getting up close and personal with Denali National Park should consider a convenient day trip plan that could also include a few other unique features of the area.

Colleen Mondor

Stearman C2 and other vintage Alaska aircraft on tour across state

Flying a Stearman is no walk in the park; it’s a bare bones aircraft that is built for function and not form. The aircraft has a unique history in Alaska as well as in Alabama, Garden and Gun magazine recently discovered.Colleen Mondor
June 17, 2013

NTSB: Fourth flight of day for pilot in deadly Petersburg sight-seeing crash

The pilot of a flight that crashed near Petersburg in early June that ended in one fatality and multiple injuries told National Transportation and Safety Board investigators that the accident was his fourth flight of the day.Colleen Mondor
June 14, 2013

Photos: 10,000 miles flying around Western Alaska

Fly-ins, lake swims and zipping around Lake Clark National Park & Preserve: Flying 10,500 miles barely even scratches the surface of Western Alaska.

Matt Keller
June 12, 2013

Build A Plane programs sprout up across Alaska

In Alaska, the Build A Plane program provides a valuable hands-on experience for individual students as well as the aviation industry as a whole.Colleen Mondor
June 10, 2013

Bethel flight school puts local Alaska kids in pilot's seat

Over the past decade, Bethel-based Yuut Yaqungviat Flight School has trained young Alaskans to reach for the skies by getting their pilot licenses. A parntership with Era Alaska means they're often able to get jobs, too.Colleen Mondor
June 8, 2013

Headstands and grizzly bears on quick flight up Talkeetna River

What's a few hours in the Talkeetna Mountains offer? Snow, sunshine, rain, rainbows, sheep, caribou, grizzly bears on a river -- and a headstand for good measure.Matt Keller
June 6, 2013

Summer fly-in, aviation event season well underway in Alaska

The Alaska aviation season kicked off in true style last month, with fly-ins in Valdez and Talkeetna, along with big aviation events celebrating the Alaska centennial of flight.Colleen Mondor
June 4, 2013

In New Zealand, 'Healthy Bastards' set bush pilot standard (+Video)

Alaskans have bush pilots and Corrupt Bastards. In New Zealand, bastards come healthy and pilot-certified, according to friends at the Marlborough Aero Club, which just crowned new short take-off champions.Alaska Dispatch
May 30, 2013

Alaska bush planes: Super Cub vs. Cessna 185 (+Video)

The Cessna 185 can handle more than it's given credit for, but there is little or no room for error on Alaska's marginal airstrips. The flexibility of the Super Cub in a variety of wind and load conditions make it sensible for most jobs.  Matt Keller
May 27, 2013

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