by General Aviation News Staff | Mar 9, 2022 | #Aircraft, 20220310, Aviation News, backcountry flying, Feature, flying, General Aviation, Pilots
An average pilot in a average Cessna 150 checks an item off his bucket list: Landing off-airport on the famous Route 66. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Feb 12, 2022 | #Aircraft, 20220310, Aviation News, Avionics, backcountry flying, Briefings, flying, General Aviation, News, Pilots, Recreational Aviation Foundation
“Adding more of those type of airstrips to the Jeppesen Nav databases of aviation GPS units makes it much easier for a larger number of private pilots across the country to gain access and enjoy the benefits and freedom of flying that we all cherish.” said Avidyne...
by General Aviation News Staff | Jan 3, 2022 | #Aircraft, 20220120, Airports, Aviation News, backcountry flying, Briefings, General Aviation, News, Pilots, Recreational Aviation Foundation
Volunteers from the Recreational Aviation Foundation and the local town cleared four acres of brush and burned it, and cut and removed 50 trees. All this work is in preparation for the field to being listed as “public use.” Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Dec 16, 2021 | #Aircraft, Air Safety Institute, aviation accidents, Aviation News, aviation safety, backcountry flying, flying, General Aviation, News, Pilots
Now available to view for free is a recording of an Air Safety Institute webinar that looks at accidents in the backcountry, with an eye towards preventing these accidents in the future. Not a backcountry pilot? You can still learn something, says Bill McGlynn,...
by General Aviation News Staff | Nov 23, 2021 | 20211209, Aviation News, backcountry flying, Briefings, CubCrafters, General Aviation, News, Pilots
Both Jim Richmond and the company he founded, CubCrafters, are names that are synonymous with backcountry aviation. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Sep 23, 2021 | Aviation News, backcountry flying, General Aviation, Photo of the Day
Allen Macbean submitted this photo and note: “We visited one of the airstrips on Freemont Island in the Great Salt Lake the other day. The strip is not particularly challenging, and the bugs will make you wonder why you exited the cockpit, but the views are...
