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Spring has sprung…just a few flying pics today

Kevin — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:47:37 +0000

Spring is here and summer is just around the corner. Went out to a few of our fun spots and found mud on many of our strips still. With the warm temps things should be improving daily. I will get back on here posting daily so stay tuned. Currently in the midst of getting a new engine, prop and a few other things…the last pic here should explain a lot..:( Needless to say I spend a lot of time practicing “tail up” taxing. At slower speeds this maneuver becomes more difficult. Anyway, while taxing around cones, circles and various other objects I had a good gust of wind blow up my tail feathers. Long story short, the plane went up on her nose and came to a rest…Thankfully the Feds are calling it an “occurrence” and not an incident or accident thankfully!

A couple cool pics…

Kevin — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:55:11 +0000

1 really bad ass Beaver and a cool time-lapse…

Making movies….1 week left in AK

Kevin — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:44:51 +0000

With only 1 week left in our heli ski season here in Alaska, you could say I am pretty fired up to get back to flying my airplane. I mean helicopters are cool and all but man I need my big tires back! Currently in the midst of filming for our Warren Miller segment. Met a new friend here in Cordova with a beautiful 185. Sought him out and asked him if he would like to do some flying for our WM film and the rest is history. Long story short here, US Olympic ski team member Travis Ganong arriving in Cordova. It was obviously staged for the film but anytime an airplane with big tires is involved your going to have fun!

8000′ straight down

Kevin — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 16:54:02 +0000

Just a fun jump into our base here in Cordova from 8000′.

A quick trip around Lake Hood

Kevin — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:06:43 +0000

Just some photos I took a few weeks back while in Anchorage. One of my favorite things to do is look at airplanes and here you can find just about every type. Here Spenard Lake and Lake Hood. This is the largest bush plane base in the world!

Landing at the old Gold Mine

Kevin — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:00:18 +0000

Landing at the old Gold Mine

Some short flying videos and a few heli ski shots

Kevin — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:37:55 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/user/BigTireFlyer?feature=watch

A few heli shots…and some aurora borealis

Kevin — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:25:24 +0000

Alaska Heli Ski Season

Kevin — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 19:41:00 +0000

Well I am back in AK now for our heli ski season. You can follow our season along here: http://www.alaskaheliski.com/media/points-north-on-facebook/

We currently have more snow than we have seen in our 15 year history here in Cordova. Skiing and riding has been all time, not to mention the flying. The helicopter is a superb tool to access these big peaks. I am always baffled by how they can land on a dime and put you in places that your mind cannot even comprehend. Here are a few photos from the season so far. I will try to be more active here for the next 10 weeks.

The weather is starting to feel like winter…sort of

Kevin — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:35:57 +0000

Went on a flight over the Sierra crest today looking for ski lines. Tahoe just received around 4-5 feet of snow in the alpine. The weather has not been real conducive to flying so this was my first day out in about 5 days or so. It sure felt good to fly! If you know much about the north Lake Tahoe area, these photos are taken between Alpine Meadows, Squaw Valley, SugarBowl, Castle Peak and Mt. Lola. All of the snow you see in these photos came from one storm! Have a look…