Packing Up, Taking Off: Build-a-Plane Adventure, Part 4
After helping to build his team’s own plane, our DIY flier takes to the skies, ready to explore the mountains and valleys of British Columbia and the Yukon, probably visiting places that few people, if any, have ever stood. The first big test? Landing on blacktop.
Tight Landings and Arctic Air Rescues
Ken Tape continues his quest across the Yukon aboard a 1947 Piper PA-12 ski aircraft. It’s five days into the Yukon Quest, and the dog teams are starting to show some wear. As part of the race’s “Volunteer Air Force,” Tape and his pilot rescue injured dogs.
Suzuki And Yamaha 225 4-Stroke Outboards
Only a Cadaver in Sight: Build-a-Plane Adventure, Part 6
For much of this leg of his trip toward the Arctic Circle, our DIY flier had 10,000 sq. mi. of visibility and zero sign of civilization-until his run-in with a burlesque show and a severed toe bathing in Jack Daniels, that is.
End of the Quest: 1000 Miles Later, Landing Time
After flying across the Yukon Territory and into Alaska aboard an old-school ski plane, photographer Ken Tape chronicles the end of an epic dog race-but only once some dangerous, Indiana Jones-style takeoffs let him live to tell the tale.
From Crafting a Bookshelf to Riveting a New Aircraft: Build-a-Plane Adventure, Part 2
Glasair Aviation isn’t just selling its kit-plane program to folks who’ve always wanted to build a plane-it’s for those who never knew they wanted to build one. Our DIY flier isn’t exactly sure which one he is, but he can’t pass up the chance to build an airplane in two weeks.
Sea-Doo RXP Supercharged Personal Watercraft
sportsman Build-a-Plane Adventure: Flight Plan
Last week, our DIY flier headed to the Pacific Northwest to learn about one company’s revolutionary new build process for their high-performance kit-plane – and then to go for a test drive, to figure out what it was like 180 degrees from a Manhattan office.
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