If you fly into Gold King (PAAN), look for the new windsock on the north east corner of the field. The old windsock remains at the other end of the airport, giving pilots an additional “tool” to evaluate the wind before landing on this backcountry strip, on the northern flank of the Alaska Range. While ...
The follwing are a low-time bush pilot’s thoughts about her irrational side... and when her greatest phobia somehow found its way into the cockpit. I recently read an online article titled “I Hate to Admit it, but Women Pilots Make Me Nervous.” The piece was written and published for a periodical in the United Kingdom, ...
