I personally appreciate the environmentalist message of "leave no trace" when camping in the back country. It's so critical for preservation of our wilderness.
meanwhile every country in Asia flushes all of their sewerage and city stormwater straight into the Pacific and nobody calls them out on it, but it's still a nice thing that picnicers don't leave beer bottles around their campsites.
Im 70 yrs old, hold an ASEL PPL / IR and if my health was better, i would relocate from Michigan to Alaska just to get your flight instruction .....all you vids are GREAT..❤
Hi FLY8MA, I wanted to thank you for making the virtual flight lesson videos (that playlist on your channel that had like 120 videos or something on becoming a pilot) because a year ago I started watching those videos and it got me into the idea of flight and flying. Because of those videos, when U did start my flight lessons, I was able to excel in a way I wouldn’t have if I had not watched the videos. I’m now flying from takeoff to landing (with my instructor in the right seat). Thank you!
Excellent video! You're not a hippie for talking about preserving wilderness. As capitalist, hunter, pilot, and freedom-loving American I agree with you. Former U.S. President Teddy Roosevelt who was a great conservationist would also have likely agreed with you. It's important to preserve nature. We go into nature to see the natural environment, not the environment shaped by humans. If we wanted to see the environment shaped by humans we'd visit the city.
Alaska is such an amazing place for bushplane adventures! The vast, wild landscapes there provide the perfect backdrop for these rugged and versatile aircraft. Bushplanes are essential for accessing remote areas in Alaska, and it's incredible how pilots navigate through challenging terrains and weather conditions. It's always exciting to think about the blend of skill, adventure, and the sheer beauty of nature that bushplane flights in Alaska encompass. Flying over the stunning Alaskan wilderness must be an absolutely breathtaking experience! 🛩🌲🏔
Wow! Amazing sights, and amazing bush flying. I went on a Trek America tour from the UK for 3 weeks in Alaska 30 years ago, including visiting St. Elias/Wrangells. It was great to bring back those memories which stay with me today. It was fanastic to see those huge flat valleys with braided rivers and see the big country absolutely dominate the tiny sparse human beings within it. On that trip I got the feeling how the landscape can go on forever and cares not a jot about whether a human has seen or walked it in. I got that feeling of true wilderness and would love to go back and hike there again.
John - Love the video. One comment: in the middle of your lecture about leaving no trace, which I agree with, the video shows you (at around the 28-29 minute mark) splitting wood with an axe on the nice wood bench. Seems highly likely to damage the bench doing that. Maybe split the wood on the ground next time and leave no trace on the campsite “furniture” as well as the environment.
Wow, what a great video! From the epic scenery shot on multiple cameras on the airplane, planning advise, specific location advice, video editing to panoramic drone shots there is so much to like in this video! I enjoyed every moment! Thank you for taking the time to drag all of the camera equipment along and edit the video so that we can all enjoy!
right about leaving garbage behind and etc but i woudnt worry too much about tires tracks in mud thats a bit of over kill thinking lol but great bedio thanks for shareing
52:09 to 52:18 - best aviation shot EVER!! That was awesome! This was AMAZING!! I'd love to do this some day, but the chances of that are pretty slim. Your video quality and zoom placement were dead-on PERFECTION! Felt like I was right there. What a great production! Thanks for the effort in bringing this to all of us! MUCH appreciated!! WOW!!
Enjoyed your video tour. You were wise to be concerned about bears at Orange Hill. My dad I sheep hunted in there back in the 70s before the park was created. We were with a guide who had set up a base camp near there. A grizzly completely destroyed all 4 tents and everything in them. All the food was canned, but that didn't make any difference. I was quite surprised to see how far Nabesna Glacier has receded in the past half century. But a lot of fun to see it again.
Step & Jon thank you for such an awesome adventure in Alaska! We sure have missed you guys these past months from your flying adventures up north! Again thank you for sharing such a magnificent flying experience! We look forward to other adventures. :-) Don/NE Ohio
Hello. Advise where and what kind of aircraft to buy in order to fly as part of 2 people far into the mountains. The flight range is important in bad weather conditions. Need an inexpensive used aircraft. I live in Siberia in Russia. Our conditions are pretty harsh. What would be the cost of such an aircraft? I'm talking about Bushplanes.
I noted that you mentioned that putting the drone up would be a good potential weather scouting technique and used yours to make this video but we have to remember that Unmanned aircraft (including personal drones) are prohibited in all national parks, including Wrangell-St. Elias. (Director's Policy Memorandum 14-05). Easy to forget but good to remember that actions like this can lead to loss of freedoms in these places.
This reminds me of the show with McCarthy- the mine and the town, Neil there is too much development. LOL. Nice sync with camera to make it look like the prop is still.
Alaska looks so beautiful! I can’t wait until Sept 3rd, I’ll be flying in & staying until Sept 17th. If all goes well I’ll be getting my commercial ASES add-on in Talkeetna @ Alaska Floats & Skis while I’m there, Sept 6-9th. I’d love to meet up with you guys while I’m there. Love the videos!
Come on down to Seldovia and say hi! Check out the float course to get ready for training at Don's place: learn.fly8ma.com/shop/seaplanes-how-to-fly-them/
Jon, thank you for your incredible videos, especially this tour of the Alaska that few of us are fortunate enough to see much less to experience. Keep up the great work. Best Regards, Wayne Whitley
@@fly8ma.comflighttraining199, thank you for your reply. I have traveled to Alaska on a couple of occasions but only as a tourist by automobile and cruise ship. My bucket list item is to drive the RV northwest and spend the season on an adventure enjoying the beauty and majesty of Alaska. Perhaps we could have a beer together if we meet up. Best wishes and safe flying, Wayne Whitley
Beautiful place. Very informative. I first started with ga in Alaska when I was stationed near Fairbanks, Eielson AFB. Didn’t get to do any off airport flying though.
Great video, nicely edited and stunning scenery. Here in the UK we have no such thing as all this wilderness with so many off-airport landings available to you. One question, on those stony strips, how do you manage to not destroy the props?
Dude I love your videos so much. What editing software do you use? Also I’m currently doing my editing in a desktop looking for a laptop substitute any recommendations?
I personally appreciate the environmentalist message of "leave no trace" when camping in the back country. It's so critical for preservation of our wilderness.
Yes!
same as eating meat
meanwhile every country in Asia flushes all of their sewerage and city stormwater straight into the Pacific and nobody calls them out on it, but it's still a nice thing that picnicers don't leave beer bottles around their campsites.
@@Veldtian1ok
Too awesome. Amanda and I were the ones who donated the Delorme Gazetteer to the Peavine cabin. Glad it made it into the video!
Thanks for putting it there!
Living in the UK....one can only dream of being able to have this kind of flying freedom....incredible adventures !!
We'd love to see you here in Alaska!
Im 70 yrs old, hold an ASEL PPL / IR and if my health was better, i would relocate from Michigan to Alaska just to get your flight instruction .....all you vids are GREAT..❤
I did my flight training in and around Ann Arbor. We all now have another crew member from the west side / UP. We love Michigan!
That 170 is gorgeous.
Hi FLY8MA, I wanted to thank you for making the virtual flight lesson videos (that playlist on your channel that had like 120 videos or something on becoming a pilot) because a year ago I started watching those videos and it got me into the idea of flight and flying. Because of those videos, when U did start my flight lessons, I was able to excel in a way I wouldn’t have if I had not watched the videos. I’m now flying from takeoff to landing (with my instructor in the right seat). Thank you!
Excellent video! You're not a hippie for talking about preserving wilderness. As capitalist, hunter, pilot, and freedom-loving American I agree with you. Former U.S. President Teddy Roosevelt who was a great conservationist would also have likely agreed with you. It's important to preserve nature. We go into nature to see the natural environment, not the environment shaped by humans. If we wanted to see the environment shaped by humans we'd visit the city.
Little temporary tire tracks bad, permanent visible strips seen from miles away, meh!
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Fantastic video!!! Loved the drone work and just about everything else in it. Thanks for taking us along. 👍
Alaska is such an amazing place for bushplane adventures! The vast, wild landscapes there provide the perfect backdrop for these rugged and versatile aircraft. Bushplanes are essential for accessing remote areas in Alaska, and it's incredible how pilots navigate through challenging terrains and weather conditions. It's always exciting to think about the blend of skill, adventure, and the sheer beauty of nature that bushplane flights in Alaska encompass. Flying over the stunning Alaskan wilderness must be an absolutely breathtaking experience! 🛩🌲🏔
its certainly is
Watched from start to finish and loved every minute! 😊👍🏻
Thank you so much 😀
Thank you for taking me to my dream place: Alaska. I don't think I'll ever get there but never stop dreaming 🥰
Très beau voyage, vous avez une chance incroyable d'avoir cette liberté. Merci pour le rêve.
Wow! Amazing sights, and amazing bush flying. I went on a Trek America tour from the UK for 3 weeks in Alaska 30 years ago, including visiting St. Elias/Wrangells. It was great to bring back those memories which stay with me today. It was fanastic to see those huge flat valleys with braided rivers and see the big country absolutely dominate the tiny sparse human beings within it. On that trip I got the feeling how the landscape can go on forever and cares not a jot about whether a human has seen or walked it in. I got that feeling of true wilderness and would love to go back and hike there again.
John - Love the video. One comment: in the middle of your lecture about leaving no trace, which I agree with, the video shows you (at around the 28-29 minute mark) splitting wood with an axe on the nice wood bench. Seems highly likely to damage the bench doing that. Maybe split the wood on the ground next time and leave no trace on the campsite “furniture” as well as the environment.
Wow, what a great video! From the epic scenery shot on multiple cameras on the airplane, planning advise, specific location advice, video editing to panoramic drone shots there is so much to like in this video! I enjoyed every moment! Thank you for taking the time to drag all of the camera equipment along and edit the video so that we can all enjoy!
What a great video. Can't wait to get into my plane and go flying into some grass strips tomorrow. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for stopping by!
I agree with not leaving trash,
right about leaving garbage behind and etc but i woudnt worry too much about tires tracks in mud thats a bit of over kill thinking lol but great bedio thanks for shareing
Love this video!!!! The way se carries the dog, so funny.
52:09 to 52:18 - best aviation shot EVER!! That was awesome!
This was AMAZING!! I'd love to do this some day, but the chances of that are pretty slim. Your video quality and zoom placement were dead-on PERFECTION! Felt like I was right there. What a great production! Thanks for the effort in bringing this to all of us! MUCH appreciated!! WOW!!
Come on up to Alaska and fly with us!
@@fly8ma.comflighttraining199 - Hopefully some day! Thanks for the invite! 👍🍻
exactly!
Lovely video! Alaska so far far away from me.
But in Kazakhstan so many fantastic seeing and my dream fly over it with my paramotor.
As soon as I win the lottery, I will be right up there to fly with you....until then I am marooned in Michigan! !!
Enjoyed your video tour. You were wise to be concerned about bears at Orange Hill. My dad I sheep hunted in there back in the 70s before the park was created. We were with a guide who had set up a base camp near there. A grizzly completely destroyed all 4 tents and everything in them. All the food was canned, but that didn't make any difference. I was quite surprised to see how far Nabesna Glacier has receded in the past half century. But a lot of fun to see it again.
Bummer, but did the bears have help from Alaska Bigfoots?
Look 👀 like fun 🤩 times ahead!!
Very relaxing and calming video
This really urge me to start flying again..
thanks
You should!
@@fly8ma.comflighttraining199 I lost hope and motivation
Awesome video! Can’t wait one day to do that in my Bearhawk 4 Place!
Step & Jon thank you for such an awesome adventure in Alaska! We sure have missed you guys these past months from your flying adventures up north! Again thank you for sharing such a magnificent flying experience! We look forward to other adventures. :-) Don/NE Ohio
Amazing video work - and the drone shots are superb!
Very well gone, happy flying, Hal.
It's a beautiful place out there!
The Peavine Packer Elf!!!! She really exists!!!!
I like the kombucha beverage choice at 53:54. Oh the flying and stuff was cool too haha
Cannot believe how few views this has.. this is YT gold.
I've been in the mountains in Alaska for years and years. I 100% partake in leave no trace. But I'm still taking a moose shed if I find one. 😂😂😂
❤️it! I am all in!
Thanks for your great videos. Now I know where to go or fly when i visit Alaska😊
It's a beautiful place!
Glad to see you guys again!!
Thanks!!! Fun to share the adventure!
I enjoy your videos, I especially enjoy the views from your wings. Thank you for taking us along!
Our pleasure!
Stunning! Nicely done, thx for sharing!
This is a dream! This video makes me so happy! Wow guys, absolutely awesome!!! I am beginning my pilot license next year for this exact reason!
Best of luck!
Nice trip ! Thank you for sharing it with us ! 😊😊😊
Glad you enjoyed it
Some GREAT footage. Thanks for sharing it!
FLY8MA, I've learned a lot from watching all of your videos. Thank you very much. You're great. Happy Flying
Glad to hear that!
Thank very much, again@@fly8ma.comflighttraining199
Great video! Thank you for highlighting the stewardship aspect of flying in the Wrangells!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Beautiful..🤙🏼. Thanks for sharing your experience and perspective.😊
That was fantastic.
Lake hood. The world’s longes one way taxi
Great vid, thanks John!
Awesome video! Thanks for sharing the beautiful alaska flying those great planes 🙌🏼😎 saludos from 🇨🇱
Glad you enjoyed it!
ALWAYS uphill landing, unless you got a mean tail wind.. great video tho
Awesome, really enjoyed all of this. Nice plane !
Thanks for the share, really amazing.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Brilliant work!
traumhaft schön...und wo findet ihr immer den nötigen treibstoff...wieviel liter benötigt die maschine auf 100km ?
I must say your attitude and vision fr. Future is stellar keep up grt videios thx jim
thanks jim!
Thank you, I knew there had to be another tree hugging pilot out there.
Amazing. Thank you FLY8MA
Fantastic job and full of adventure
Hello. Advise where and what kind of aircraft to buy in order to fly as part of 2 people far into the mountains. The flight range is important in bad weather conditions. Need an inexpensive used aircraft. I live in Siberia in Russia. Our conditions are pretty harsh. What would be the cost of such an aircraft? I'm talking about Bushplanes.
Wow, just wow.
Would you ever want to fly a Velocity out there? It’s not a stol airplane but we could just do some sweet flights with one. Or a vtwin. Either one
Outstanding vid.
Listen to you! or yourself, you never stop lecturing !!!!!!!!!!!! Great Video "with the sound off" !
Glad you enjoyed it!
Wow, great video! Thanks for the work put into it and posting it for me/ us to see!
Truly living the aviation dream! Great video.
A truly amazing video,really enjoyable thanks very much.
You definitely preach more than you observe.
Fantastic video, inspiring, added to my bucket list. Would have loved a bit less music thoughout the video though ;)
Watching from Assam and love every minute
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
In Russia, the situation with cabin is somewhat different :)
What cameras do you use?
exceptional video! Just WOW!
Best aviation
Are you saying I couldn’t land a zenith or an nx cub at those same locations? Sir?
Some you can and some you cannot
I was in that cabin at nugget creek. I like the bottle window.
How about an aggressive slip instead of step stalling it?
Cool video guys !!
большое спасибо! надеюсь и в России мы застанем подобное развитие GA. thx a lot
Best wishes to you and your country!
Fantastic video.
Beautiful.
I noted that you mentioned that putting the drone up would be a good potential weather scouting technique and used yours to make this video but we have to remember that Unmanned aircraft (including personal drones) are prohibited in all national parks, including Wrangell-St. Elias. (Director's Policy Memorandum 14-05). Easy to forget but good to remember that actions like this can lead to loss of freedoms in these places.
That was busted many times.
This reminds me of the show with McCarthy- the mine and the town, Neil there is too much development. LOL. Nice sync with camera to make it look like the prop is still.
What map were you using for the 2.04 clip? Excellent videos.
great bonus berry fruit toward the end of this video,, what month what date you were there enjoy eating those berry ??? thx
great video guys! Would love to tag along one day
Great video, i love it 👌
The weather forecasts aren't always accurate? I predict that that is true. Great video! Thanks.
Alaska looks so beautiful! I can’t wait until Sept 3rd, I’ll be flying in & staying until Sept 17th. If all goes well I’ll be getting my commercial ASES add-on in Talkeetna @ Alaska Floats & Skis while I’m there, Sept 6-9th. I’d love to meet up with you guys while I’m there. Love the videos!
Come on down to Seldovia and say hi! Check out the float course to get ready for training at Don's place: learn.fly8ma.com/shop/seaplanes-how-to-fly-them/
@@fly8ma.comflighttraining199 will do, thanks!
Jon - Great content!
Verizon is available anywhere within range of sourdough ridge
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Very nice video. I wish to fly with you guys.
Pretty great video. Need more Alaskan park content. Btw, why was your prop stopped at 47:00?
Gas savings mode.
Jon, thank you for your incredible videos, especially this tour of the Alaska that few of us are fortunate enough to see much less to experience. Keep up the great work. Best Regards, Wayne Whitley
Thanks Wayne! Hope you get up here to experience first hand some day!
@@fly8ma.comflighttraining199, thank you for your reply. I have traveled to Alaska on a couple of occasions but only as a tourist by automobile and cruise ship. My bucket list item is to drive the RV northwest and spend the season on an adventure enjoying the beauty and majesty of Alaska. Perhaps we could have a beer together if we meet up. Best wishes and safe flying, Wayne Whitley
Beautiful place. Very informative. I first started with ga in Alaska when I was stationed near Fairbanks, Eielson AFB. Didn’t get to do any off airport flying though.
You must have been there right after our visit to the that park. LOL
Great video, nicely edited and stunning scenery. Here in the UK we have no such thing as all this wilderness with so many off-airport landings available to you. One question, on those stony strips, how do you manage to not destroy the props?
Already bad as. Thanks for doing these videos. #VA/NC brush pilots. 😂
Saya yang melihat cara kalian menikmati dan mensyukuri alam yang indah saja suka, apalagi kalian ya?😊😊💚 👍
Dude I love your videos so much. What editing software do you use? Also I’m currently doing my editing in a desktop looking for a laptop substitute any recommendations?
Thanks!!! Alienware is pretty much the only way to go for something powerful enough to run Adobe
I just saw you leave tracks,,,,,,,
We found your secret spot by accident above McCarthy on the way to Glacier Creek! Landed in a 185, two guys 150lbs of gear, half tanks at 63f :)
Great video!
Thanks for watching!
Well done sir