Veteran backcountry pilot Bob Bement, still flying at 81, recently sent us this photo, snapped by a passenger as Bob flew down Hells Canyon, along the Snake River in Oregon, early one morning in his 1959 Cessna 182.
Photo of the Day
Picture of the day: Hidden splendor
Nathan Kurth’s Super Stinson sitting at Hidden Splendor in Backcountry Utah under the desert sun.
Pictures of the day: Flying over the Alps
Alex Rufi from Bitburg, Germany, sent in these photos, snapped during a flight in a Cessna T310R over the Austrian Alps at St Nikola in Austria. The second photo was taken during the same flight upon landing in Osterhofen/Straubing, South Germany.
Picture of the day: Backcountry camping
Patrick Romano, the force behind Backcountry Aviation, sent in this photo of a couple of Maules and a Stinson 108 at camp in the backcountry. See more of Patrick’s photos in the March 10 print issue of General Aviation News.
Picture of the Day: A witness to fall
Nathan Kurth’s Super Stinson sitting in Marble, Colorado, with the Aspen Mountain changing in the Fall.
Picture of the day: A steep takeoff
Patrick Romano, the force behind Backcountry Aviation, sent in this photo of a Maule M7 departing a sandbar on the Canadian River. See more of Patrick’s photos in the March 10 print issue of General Aviation News.
Picture of the day: Relaxing in the backcountry
Patrick Romano, the force behind Backcountry Aviation, sent in this photo of Nathan Kurth and Lindsey Moreland enjoying an after flight beer next to a Carbon Cub SS.
Picture of the day: Mexican mountain camping
Nathan Kurth’s Super Stinson camped out at Mexican Mountain in the backcountry of Utah.
Pictures of the day: Backcountry flying in Alaska
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 […]