Alaskan Aviation/Pilots
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planesiscool
New Member
I finished my ppl at Aero Tech which is also at PAMR.
Alaska45
Well-Known Member
I would advise that you get the Ifr, Comm and CFI down south. It will save you money (rent in Alaska is insane), the planes are cheaper, you will have a better selection of aircraft, instructors etc. Come up here and get a seaplane add on or a tailwheel or something.
BajtheJino
I'm looking at you.
Flying in S.E. Alaska is not what I thought it would be...But nonetheless I AM cooler than most for it.
ppragman
No pasa nada.
South East is not exactly the bush experience. It is very very very different from most of the flying in the state. Most of the runways are paved down here, and the airplanes are well equipped (capstone). Up north is different.
LAB is kind of an interesting outfit as well.
ASpilot2be
Qbicle seat warmer
:rotfl:I dont think interesting is the right word.
If I had to do it al over again I would've joined CAP a LONG time ago and done all my training there.
Not to dig up the CAP issue, but CAP members do have privileges at AF Aero Clubs.
Rudabega
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drunkenbeagle
Gang Member
Aero Clubs have pretty much gone the way of the Officer's Clubs - closed down. Not enough people using them.
The one at Elmendorf has stayed pretty busy, multiple 172s (including one on floats), 172RG, 182, and a Seneca.
Shut down last summer (2008). The rumor around here is that one of their principles has regained all his certs and is trying for another 135 cert.
ppragman
No pasa nada.
She learned to fly up here from what I understand.
alaskadrifter
Landing gear operator
In Dillingham actually. In fact my Father-In-Law uses part of her old truck as a dump trailer. He is one of the very few REAL bush pilots that I know.
Buzo
Well-Known Member
It is a good place to fly also. I taught there in 2003, and they had good equipment, and great prices.
beasly
Well-Known Member
So real bush pilots poop in Patty Wagstaff's old pickup truck.....
:bandit:
Sorry, what is a "dump trailer"
Cordially,
b.
beasly
Well-Known Member
And from what I read, she really loved it--she thought (rightly) it made her a better pilot.
b.
ppragman
No pasa nada.
No real pattern, every valley is its own micro-climate, so sometimes you can VFR weather at two airports less than 50NM away and not be able to get from one to the other. I dunno, I don't really count on any patterns around here, and don't plan for any weather farther out than the TAF. However, usually the bad weather moves from west to east (in the southern coastal regions) along the Rossby wave in my experience.
Up north they get small thunderstorms occasionally in the interior (typically less than FL300 in height), and in the summer cumulus clouds form along the hills where air is being orographically (spelling?) lifted. There are some general patterns in localities, but for the most part I generally don't plan on anything staying the same for too long unless there's a big highpressure system coming in, which in the winter in ANC means clear and friggin' cold. We'll see what its indicative down here.