Alaska Bush Ski Flying and STUCK in Overflow | Winter Flight Training

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. Alaska has a really busy flying season during the summer. It's the perfect weather, long days, and so many different options from bush wheels to floats. But what about winter time? Well, lots of things slow down flying wise, but it doesn't mean we can't still have some fun. That brings on the fun, different and exciting skis training I'm about to do with Alaska Floats and Skis.

What is during the summer a floatplane lake turns into a lake meant for skis. The winter freezes over the lake and leaves one bit, flat landing surface with runways in all directions. What better way to hold over through the winter than with some flight training and flying in a much different type of operation -- skis!

That's exactly what I did the first week of March, going to up to Talkeetna Alaska where I did my float rating, but not flying on skis. I'm really looking forward to the experience of flying these bush planes and learning the ins and outs of winter flying.

While I do some winter flying, I haven't done it like this, landing on remote lakes. This was sure to be a really fun time. To make it even better, my wife came along for the flying adventure. She's not so into the flying itself as she is the cabin, and break from the kids. Plus, it's her birthday in a few days, so we're excited about that.

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Let's get this going! Hope you all enjoyed the video. Pretty cool adventure flying skis. SUBSCRIBE to get the next, and more aviation content, in the future.

angleofattack
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Epic fottage and happy bithday Chelsea :P

elmacko
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Awesome video. Great ADM and resources.

joneis
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Mitch was my instructor this summer for my float rating. Was so great to spend time up there this year. Will def. be back!

clarkpatrick
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G, day AoA and Chris from Quarantine house lockdown Sydney Australia.
That's some special ground operations: snow and water.
Really appreciate it.
🌏🇦🇺

johnfitzpatrick
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Well done Chris.... if I didn't know any better I, d say those little Pipers are growing on you 😁

vincentmolloy
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Jaw dropping scenery, with an important lesson!! Great video!

daniellamfers
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Awesome video. That scenery is absolutely incredible. Also, after seeing his cap and being an Oklahoman myself, I'd be remiss to not extend a "BOOMER SOONER" to Mitch!

tdrewg
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I gotta say: I love the Pacers on your channel!

raderjohnson
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Great scenery! Love ski flying up here! You should go for a ride with your former student in his hopped up 170. You’ll love it.

josesbox
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Slush on a lake is some scary stuff. Haven't gotten into it with a ski plane but a number of times on a snowmobile. Have to hammer on the throttle when you look back and see a trail of slush behind your sled. Excellent video and decision making

rchuyck
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Interesting, informative and beautiful. The sort of recreational flying I cannot do here in Australia! Thanks Chris. Cheers.

FranksMSFlightSimulator
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Pretty incredible stuff. I'm digging the action montages!

don.yarbrough
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Next time you have a pacer ski convention… let me know… hehe sweet and getting stuck is just part of it…

AkPacerPilot
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Chris, Great job on the video. Sucks you guys got stuck but it looks like you did a good job working through it. Have a great week.

markmaccani
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Hey Chris, not sure what happened, but for me the volume levels are all over the place this video. Love your content though and keep the great videos coming! I have used a lot of your stuff as teaching material with my students

MegaJaybird
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Good stuff! Crazy this type of flying will only be a few short months away.

tim_sessions
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Which remote lake did you land on? I need to put in on my list for the future because those views were EPIC

upalaska
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Cool videos! Do you do a run up with skis and no brakes?

processmetric
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love your work! would love to fly with you and learn

layneasplin