For more than a century, pilots have been intrigued by the challenges of flight in the highest mountains and the deepest canyons on every continent. Mountain, canyon, and backcountry flying allows pilots to get off the beaten path and enjoy the outdoors. It opens up a whole new world of recreation, including airplane camping, hiking, fishing, and staying at guest lodges or bush camps in areas without roads or easy access by land or water. Flying in these enticing environments often entails operations over relatively inaccessible terrain in a challenging and sometimes unforgiving environment. This necessitates the proper mindset, discipline, and procedures to operate efficiently and safely. Operating over mountains, navigating through canyons, taking off and landing on unimproved, high-altitude airstrips in confined areas, and maximizing airplane performance requires specialized skills. The authors and guest writers share information and tips gleaned from more than 150 years and 100,000 hours of collective experience as professional mountain and backcountry pilots and flight instructors. Recreational pilots to mountain flying instructors will find this book useful, and college and university professors can use the text to supplement their classroom instruction. Fundamental concepts include preparing for and conducting mountain and canyon flights, airport operations, situational awareness, aircraft performance, risk management, and emergency operations. Analysis of accident scenarios, accounts from the authors' own experiences, and contributions from seasoned backcountry pilots and instructors expand on material detailed in the text. Each chapter includes exercises to help the reader understand and apply the information to their own flying, and beautiful color illustrations will inspire pilots to seek out these awe-inspiring destinations. Foreword by Rod Machado. Full-color illustrations.
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aMY L HOOVErandrK “DICK” WILLIaMS
AVIATION SUPPLIES & ACADEMICS NEWCASTLE, WASHINGTON
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This book is dedicàted to one of ou esonàl heoes, the làte Jàmes Làkin Jim’s love fo flying stàted às à young làd in 9 when he got à ide with à àssing bànstome He seved às à US amy ai Cos ilot duing Wold Wà II, including time in the Himàlàyàs às à Cutiss C-6 ilot flying “The Hum” ove westen Chinà ànd Bumà, ànd feying Lockheed p- Lightnings ànd othe àicàft to South ameicà ànd àll ove the wold afte the wà, Jim flew the Idàho bàckcounty fo Johnson Flying Sevice ànd làte fomed his own comàny, Làkin ai Jim used his Cunninghàm Hàll pT-6F feighte to hàul sulies, delive màil ànd medicàl sulies, suot bàckcounty ànches, ànd làunch escue oeàtions fo downed ilots, logging thousànds of hous on wheels ànd skis in àll kinds of conditions He wàs à Designàted pilot Exàmine fo the veneàble Fod Timoto as àn àiline tànsot ilot (aTp) àted in moe thàn two-dozen fixed-wing tyes às well às helicotes, Jim’s 6 yeàs of flight exeience màde him one of the most exeienced bàckcounty ilots of àll time He flew fo the US Foest Sevice ànd still holds the àll-time longevity ecod ( yeàs) às à càd-càying smokejume ilot Jim làte seved às Diecto of region of ai Oeàtions fo the Nàtionàl Inteàgency Fie Cente in Boise, Idàho Even àfte etiement, Jim continued to fly the bàckcounty ànd could often be sotted heling cày sulies ànd eole into
James Larkin with his Waco UPF7.(Photo courtesy Bev Larkin)
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ànches o giving flight instuction to àsiing mountàin ilots Some of ou fàvoite memoies of Jim include his time flying Hààh’s Middle Fok Lodge de Hàvillànd Twin Otte with Dick Williàms ànd his time às the emie flight instucto fo amy Hoove’s mountàin ànd cànyon flying school in McCàll, Idàho Jim eceived numeous àwàds, including Million Miles of Non-accident Sàfe Flying; the Wight Bothes Màste pilot awàd; Fa a Sàfe pilot awàd; ànd induction into the Idàho aviàtion Hàll of Fàme Jim flew until the àge of , shotly befoe his àssing With àll his vàst exeience, Jim could usuàlly be seen àttending àviàtion seminàs ànd wokshos, sàying thee is àlwàys moe to leàn Ou fiend Jim wàs à màste stoytelle, ànd memoies of his escààdes live on though the vàst knowledge, exeience, ànd àdvice he gàve àbout flying ànd life in geneàl a geneous, humble, ànd thoughtful màn, Jim’s àttitude ànd sense of humo hàve been à souce of constànt insiàtion, às is his memoy
The de Havilland Twin Otter Jim Larkin flew with author Dick Williams.(Photo by R.K. “Dick” Williams)