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Hi All Here is the update on the schedule for Valdez for this year: Friday: Noon: Beach Landing Safety Briefing. Due to tides we moved the Poker Run to Friday afternoon. We will have the briefing at noon or you can use the online one and go straight out to the beach on the way to Valdez. 3-6pm...

https://www.planeandpilotmag.com/news/pilot-talk/2020/09/21/1972-cessna-310c-alaska-disappearance/ This is an interesting article on the disappearance of congressmen Nick Begich and Hale Boggs 50 years ago. My brother was taking flying lessons at Pan-Alaska and had met Don Jons a couple of...

Hi All The Valdez Fly In is coming together well for 2022! The schedule is similar to years past. Pilot round tables Friday afternoon, Beach Landing on Saturday morning, STOL in the afternoon, Flour Bombing Sunday morning and airshow Sunday afternoon. Melissa Burns and Scott Sexton are set for...

Hi All We have spent an inordinate amount of time trying to get all parties involved in agreement on the mask mandate and I believe we are there. Governor, Alaska TSA, DOT commissioner, managers in the middle on to the local airport manager have all been in on this. There will be announcements...

Hi all Here is the preliminary schedule for the 2021 Valdez Fly In. The event is going to be similar to past years without the indoor activities like pilot forums and the awards banquet. Gary Ward is going to be coming up for aerobatics again along with Scott Sexton. We will have the C-46 demo...

Hi All The 2021 Valdez Fly In will be May 28-30! We are going to try the later dates for a little warmer weather. We will get more details out about the schedule and events as we get closer. Joe Prax Valdez

Hi All here is our statement on the 2020 Valdez Fly In: The board of the Valdez Fly In has decided to postpone the 2020 event to the weekend of June 27-28. We will confirm that an event on that date will still be possible by June 1st. During these unprecedented times will we need to assure...

There will be a memorial for Marc Paine Sunday Oct 23, 4pm at the Alaska Aviation Museum. It should be a nice gathering of family and friends to share a story or two. There will be a gathering in Tucson in November as well. The family has set up a scholarship fund for Marc's son Thomas if any...

Hi All we have decided to keep the 2016 dates to Mother's Day weekend as we have in the past, May 6-8. People were about evenly split on keeping the date or changing and in the end we decided to stay where people know where we are. Also the tides are perfect for the beach landing and wouldn't...

At start up the oil pressure red lines on my engine. After it warms up it starts to come down. The previous owner said this was normal and had always done it. It is apparently pushing out the front seal. Not normal to be sure. Does anyone else have this experience with this motor? We did try...