Floatplane Weekend | a 7 Image Story On the weekend before Oshkosh, a small group of some of the world’s finest pilots, ranging from military pilots to heavy iron pilots to bush pilots, get together for back to the basics float plane flying. I’m honored to just fly with such incredible pilots. The PA-18 Piper Super Cub, Alaska’s favorite bush plane, makes for great fun. Yea, just squint your eyes a bit, dream a little, and think of a beautiful Alaska water landing in the middle of nowhere. Oh my, wake up today and land on a nice clear Michigan lake. It’s going back to grass-roots flying; flying stick and rudder in float planes.
This weekend’s weather reminded me of southeast Alaska weather; low clouds, mist, rain; bush pilot weather. In fact, the ceilings were so low, very little flying was possible. These images come from past years when the weather was better. Normally, my images do not include many people. This annual weekend event is all about the pilots so I have included a few in this story. Looking back, hopefully next year will bring better flying weather, new flying stories, and more great pilots.
Each image will be posted individually this week with a bit more narrative under category Floatplane Weekend.
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