The Valdez Fly-In and STOL Competition draws the world's best backcountry pilots to Alaska every May to compete in measured short-field takeoffs and landings.
RampBig Creek Lodge in Idaho's Frank Church Wilderness sits on a 2,500-foot grass strip reachable only by air, through a canyon approach that has no margin for under-prepared pilots.
RampWilson Bar on Idaho's Middle Fork of the Salmon River is a 1,300-foot one-way canyon strip that defines what backcountry flying demands of a pilot.
RampVan's RV-15 is the company's first high-wing kit, a backcountry bet unveiled at Oshkosh after surviving Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
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