Big Creek, Idaho is a 3,000-foot gravel strip at 5,700 ft MSL in the Frank Church Wilderness - one of the most demanding backcountry destinations in the U.S.
RampThe Valdez STOL Drag draws the country's most capable short-field pilots each May to a 13-foot elevation runway in Alaska where sea-level air and cool temperatures produce record-breaking performance.
RampSchafer Meadows is a 2,100-foot grass strip in the heart of Montana's Bob Marshall Wilderness - one of the only mechanized access points into 1.5 million acres of roadless wild country.
RampBig Creek Airport (U60) sits deep in Idaho's Frank Church Wilderness - accessible only by air and one of the most rewarding backcountry strips in the lower 48.
RampJohnson Creek (3U2) is Idaho's crown-jewel backcountry grass strip where pilots camp under the wing and soak in wild hot springs.
RampFly into Gaston's (3M0), a 3,200-ft grass strip on Arkansas's White River where pilots taxi up to trout dinners and riverside cottages.
RampAt Beaumont, Kansas, you land on grass, taxi down Main Street, and tie your airplane to a light pole outside a hotel dating to 1879.
RampMoose Creek (1U1) is a remote Forest Service grass airstrip in Idaho's Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness - here's its history and how to fly it safely.
RampHow pilots rebuilt Idaho's Big Creek Lodge (U60) board by board after a 2008 fire, flying every piece into the wilderness.
RampTriple Tree Aerodrome in Woodruff, SC offers 7,000 feet of the world's finest grass runway and a legendary fall fly-in.
RampHow Noel Wien flew Fairbanks to Nome in 1925 and wrote the careful-pilot rules every bush pilot still lives by.
TaildraggerLearn the soft-field takeoff step by step: get weight off the nosewheel early, lift off at low speed, and accelerate in ground effect before you climb.
PatternHow pilots rebuilt Idaho's Big Creek Lodge board by board after a 2008 fire, flying every piece into a wilderness strip with no road.
RampGaston's White River Resort (3M0) is a grass airstrip on Arkansas's White River where pilots land, tie up to a tree, and walk to trout dinner.
RampTriple Tree Aerodrome (SC00) in South Carolina offers a 7,000-foot grass runway mowed like a golf green, free wing camping, and legendary fly-ins.
RampBig Creek (U60) is a public backcountry grass strip in Idaho's Frank Church Wilderness, home to a lodge pilots rebuilt by air after a 2008 fire.
RampGastons (3M0) is an Arkansas fly-in trout resort where pilots land on grass, walk to the White River, and eat the fish they catch.
RampRadio Hangar explores Moose Creek, Idaho, One Uniform One, the Forest Service Grass Strip in the Selway-Bitterroot Where the Runway Was Cleared by Hand Before Anybody Owned a Bulldozer.
RampRadio Hangar explores Johnson Creek, Idaho, Three Uniform Two, the Turf Strip in the Bottom of a Canyon Where Elk Graze the Runway and the State of Idaho Runs You a Free Hot Shower.
RampBig Creek (3U8) is a remote Idaho backcountry airstrip where pilots flew in materials to rebuild a historic lodge that burned in 2008.
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