Image courtesy flickr user aktraildog.

For some reason I have this love affair with bush flying.  Aerobatics are nice, and I certainly look forward to trying them out, but I find no more perfect an example of aviation than a Super Cub alone in the wilds.  There’s just something about it that really gets me going.  As a natural extension to that, who wouldn’t be interested in a fly in that attracts some of the best bush pilots.  Especially given the short landing contest where some classes have records that are just a few plane lengths.  That’s flying on a completely different level than I can hope to reach at this point.  I can only hope that one day I get out of an airplane and say, “I don’t know what’s wrong with me, it took a whopping 200 feet to get stopped.”

I’m sure you’re screaming for video and I do not wish to disappoint, so there is a 3 part video from the 2010 Valdez Fly-in from youtube user jwill1066.

If that’s got you all worked up to see Alaska and experience some bush flying, I recommend you check out Blue Ice Aviation.  At the very least you can see some more great videos and pictures of bush flying in Alaska.