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The view: Big Creek (U60) airstrip – Idaho
The pilot: Darin Moody
The photographer: Paul Leadabrand
The airplane: Kitfox Series 7 Super Sport – turbocharged Rotax 914
The mission: Backcountry flight training
The memory: Swapping places on a grass runway. Blue jeans, blue sky, and training with your wing man – what could make a better weekend outing?
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- Friday Photo: grass strip fun - May 26, 2017
The Kitfox’s in this picture are 2of3 of a factory-endorsed, Kitfox-specific flight school located in Idaho – specializing in Mountain-oriented, tailwheel-only flight training.
Offering a unique opportunity = “Backcountry Training Tours” – where you learn to master a series of challenging short, one-way, sloped unpaved airstrips by day – staying at a different comfortable wilderness ranch each night – arm chair flying around the campfire under the stars, after a belly full of home-cooking. Immerse yourself as in the life of a Bush pilot. Please visit stick-rudder.com for reservations to fly this amazing STOL airplane.