Cessna 185 | Landing on Jungle Airstrip

Our plans were quickly changed as it started to rain on us at one tribal airstrip, so we off-loaded some supplies into a storage shed and quickly headed to the next stop on our route where we had just received a good weather report.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• gopro
• hd
• cessna
• 185
• airstrip
• stol
• flying
• short
• field
• landing

[amisixpdx]

You're an amazing pilot.

I would like to get into doing something like this - other than a private license and thousands of hours in single engine planes on small strips, how do you achieve getting into it?

[bbpruett]

@amisixpdx Our organization requires you to have commercial license, instrument rating, 300hrs PIC and an A&P license as minimum requirements. There is also an evaluation for acceptance followed by specialized training by the organization. There are also schools that train specifically for it - Moody Aviation in Spokane is best known for it. I'd guess it takes an average of 8-10 years from the time a guy decides to do this, to the time he's actually doing it on his own.

[jyokid]

Great video! Must be nice not to have to worry about weather minimums ;) This is the type of flying I'd like to get into!

[bbpruett]

@jyokid Everywhere we fly is class G airspace, so it's just "clear of clouds." It's a challenge for sure to always have a way out. If things start to close in you don't want to be caught scud running in the mountains!

[Hydrahmate]

@bbpruett damn it, this is the sort of flying I would love to do, but unfortunately I am unable to obtain an instrument rating as of yet :(

[jonojms]

Works fine for me

[amisixpdx]

@bbpruett

Thanks for replying - I appreciate all the information; it's very helpful.

It used to be (back in the day) that you could practice instrumentation/cockpit feel on a good simulator like MS Flight Sim with a yoke and pedal setup. Is it still possible to get enough experience on an at-home simulator to familiarize yourself with look/feel before you spend money for flight time?

My family has some flight experience (Mom was sailplane pilot in the '60s).

[amisixpdx]

@bbpruett

Thanks for replying - I appreciate all the information; it's very helpful.

It used to be (back in the day) that you could practice instrumentation/cockpit feel on a good simulator like MS Flight Sim with a yoke and pedal setup. Is it still possible to get enough experience on an at-home simulator to familiarize yourself with look/feel before you spend money for flight time?

My family has some flight experience (Mom was sailplane pilot in the '60s). I'd like to get into flight.

[WilyOldGoat]

Great flying in some very unforgiving terrain!  You have cojones the size of a dinosaur. What song did you use for the vid?

[samdaigle92]

awesome!

[seamaster27]

Man - you've got balls!