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He had a pretty steep climb for a few seconds before he stalled, the nose dropped and the crunch happened just past midfield.

Last nights blow did do a bit of damage. I was at Merrill twice, first time was about 9:30pm and re-tied the tail. I was pointed east in Quebec parking with the wind right out of the south. Not much I could do. It was glare ice all around the plane and wind would just blow you sideways. I...

Best takes for using all the fuel were the ones in the Arctic Tern Interstate. I am surprised none like that are in cubs around here.

All you need is a plastic NEMA box (google them if you need to). There a a zillion out there. If you are talking about putting it on one of the power peds at Merril just put a band strap on it and wrap it around the pole to secure it.

The best thing to haul yourself out of a hole in any airplane is time in the seat and hours at the controls.

in 1987 had a set of Edo 2000's stolen in West Anchorage, middle of winter, over a cedar fence. That prompted some changes. When the floats come off in the fall, they go on a snowmachine trailer, come home, get scrubbed down and cleaned up (Star Brite Hull cleaner works well) and then hung in...

I currently have 3 sets of covers. Old solid ones with spoilers, mesh ones with spoilers and my newest addition the solid covers with a mesh strip behind the spoilers. So far I am liking the new set with the mesh strip but haven't had them on in a big blow yet. For the big big blows I've...

It's my birthday, I was home, snoozing when people started calling asking if we were still having a gathering that evening. Bunch of morons really screwed up my birthday since. On the plus side, I see Joe is stopping by Anchorage to wish me a happy birthday this year LOL I actually met him...

https://www.goosehangar.com/mes-rating-overview Can get a MES in John Pletchers Goose

This whole thread is really silly. A good rope helps. BUT What matters is attentiveness to the conditions. Match your tie down method and materials to the conditions your in or forecast for. A cheap rope in a everyday breeze is probably OK A great rope in a chinook wind on skiis on deep...

Not to mention that step looks pretty high, must be a good stretch to get from the top of the float up onto it. I have a bar mid way up the strut and a peg up higher to step onto when fueling.

after 40+ years of being in the cub in hip boots - usually canvas topped - I made the change to some SIMMS gortex pants and whatever shoe I want to wear. So much lighter, and easier. These come up a little higher too and I haven't gotten wet yet. Nothing like climbing off Edo 2000s and not...

Until you have spent a week at Denali high camp at 17,200 feet stuck in a winter storm and praying your tent holds together with 70mph+ winds, you really won't know what your tent will survive. For me my ancient but stout Northface VE-24 is my save your ass tent. My Arctic Oven 10 is for...

We have a c/s Hartzell on the cub, came off a cherokee 6 years ago and was cut down, rounded, cut some more, squared, rounded etc until it would spin up. Maule spinner on it and heavier than most on the nose. It's been on the cub since 1983, 160HP 0-320. On floats - Edo 2000's - with one...

Location: Chickaloon Type: Aircraft Crash Fatality Dispatch Text: On November 10, 2022, at 12:48 pm, Alaska Wildlife Troopers received a report of an airplane crash located in the Matanuska River near Mile 77 of the Glenn Highway. AWT and AST...

Anyone know much about the cub type that went into the Matanuska river upside down near Chickaloon a couple hours ago?

I have a little recorder, stores the last 15 seconds of whatever my headset hears. So a tower call, a transmission etc. Doesn't matter, it will store the last 15 seconds. Hit a button and it will replay it. Which comes in handy for my dad who uses the replay. I don't remember who builds it...

Once you see one of those jacks slip and go through the wing you'll wonder why you didn't use a axle jack. Just make sure that base is on solid solid ground. I now use a ratcheting jack with a bent plate on top and jack the axle. If it's on ice I put a 2x6 block under it with screws slightly...

Wow, that story of the missing 401 in Chulitna Pass got me. I have communication microwave sites through there and fly to them in R44's quite often. Sometimes we cruise along at 100 and sometimes we creep ahead at 30 in crap fog and mist. Several times we've had to go more east and circle...