Airplane Photos

Flying at the temperature inversion.  The difference in air temp. causes the mirror image of the hills.  It can be 50 degrees warmer at the inversion level than on the surface.

The new float dolly works great!

We tied the airplane up in the river during the fire.

Out for a picnic Memorial Day '06.

Sabrina admiring a C46, she is her father's daughter.

Flying through the Alaska Range at 7,500 foot.

Flying home

Visiting friends on Wien Lake.

Sabrina is ready to get stuffed into the airplane.

Close the door Daddy it's cold outside!

A quick peek through the trees.

Adam uses his Boy Scout training all the time.  Pioneering merit badge and knot tying are pretty handy when you are trying to keep the airplane from getting washed downriver when the water comes up 18" overnight.

Float strut that was damaged during winter storage.

Damaged mount.

Painting the new struts.

On the beach at Port Alsworth

In the middle of nowhere.

The girls helping Adam load things for a trip.

Some of the food for the wedding.

On our way to visit a friend.

Office with a view!

On the float pond in Nenana

On our way to a bible study.

Stopping by for a visit

Lake Minchumina winter 03-04

Getting ready to go home.

Getting ready to fly in the winter takes quite a bit longer than in the summer.

Fueling up and getting ready.

Trying to get home before dark, in January that's 3:30PM.

Out for a visit.

Nice summer day.

Taking off from Minchumina.

Landing on the Kantishna River

Stopping by for a visit.