The Mile-Hi Strip, Idaho's One-Way Canyon Runway Where You Commit on Final and There Is No Going Around
Idaho's Mile-Hi strip is a one-way canyon runway where pilots commit on final with no go-around - here's what makes it legendary.
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Alaskan Bushwheels, the Tundra Tire Row at AirVenture, and the Backcountry Fliers Who Haul a Piece of the Idaho Gravel Bar Into Oshkosh
Why backcountry pilots at AirVenture ride oversized, low-pressure Alaskan Bushwheels - and how those tires make gravel-bar landings possible.
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How Alaska bush pilot Don Sheldon mastered glacier landings on Denali and founded the backcountry flying tradition still alive today.
TaildraggerThe Bush Plane Ramp at AirVenture and the STOL Demo Where a Taildragger Stops in Its Own Length
Inside the bush plane ramp at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, where STOL taildraggers take off in under 50 feet and stop in their own length.
RampThe Valdez Fly-In and STOL Drag: Where Alaska's Bush Pilots Land Shorter Than Anyone Thought Possible
The Valdez Fly-In and STOL Drag draws the world's best short-field pilots to Alaska each May, where modified bush planes stop in under 50 feet.
RampThe Valdez STOL Competition - Alaska's Annual Festival Where the World's Best Backcountry Pilots Land in Under a Hundred Feet
The Valdez Fly-In and STOL Competition is North America's premier short-field landing event, where backcountry pilots stop aircraft in under 100 feet against a backdrop of glacier peaks and Prince William Sound.
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