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Pictures of the day: Backcountry flying in Alaska

By General Aviation News Staff · March 8, 2016 ·

David Baldwin sent in these photos of him flying his 2014 Series 7 Kitfox in Chugiak, Alaska, taken by a Sony camera mounted on the wing.

The top photo shows the mountains near Knik Glacier in Alaska, with an indication of the end of summer with “Termination Dust” showing up on the mountains.

“No one wants to admit that summer is over by saying the word ‘snow’ (a four letter word), so we use the words Termination Dust instead,” he explained.

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