Calling All Bush Pilots

Aye mate, been there done that:

Flew bush in Alaska over a 3 year period. Interesting and challenging flying for sure. Learned a lot and lost friends, room mates and collegues in various crashes.

Now that I know a lot more about flying (and safety) I would not have balls to ga back and do it. (Hig risk flying and some it wihtout and insurance as no company would endorse it)

The monetary rewards for flying on the edge was not there but being young and high on adrenaline, like a teenager on a fast motorbike, one enjoyed it..

hey mate, this ought to look familiar to you

john

I've done Bush flying in Baja California and in Africa, but it doesn't really compare to Papua! If this one guy in Peru ever gets his act together I may go down yonder and do some Bush flying for him. It would be fun to go back to doing that for a little while.

DD

I wonder what his airspeed is?

Not a good time to get a muscle cramp . . .

Acceleration was not shabby, in spite of the mud.

Yup, been there, done that: Landed frequently on sandbars and riverbanks in Alaska. Usually with tail draggers, sometimes even with DC-3s. Crazy days.

Yeah, back then it was more balls than brain, not sure what it is now..

hi guys

I guess you know where I have been it was cold and rained every day and we landed on the water the first time I saw the pavement was when we took off in the other plane from Sitka last week

travler

Yup, been there, done that.

In fact I grew up in Norway, then emigrated to Alaska, been surrounded by cold and rain all my life.