Alaskan Bushwheels

When fine-tuning your aircraft, it’s important to understand how one modification might unexpectedly affect another.

The Maule brand has been synonymous with STOL for decades.

Much like with bicycles, aircraft ownership can lead to an enjoyable journey toward a perfect spec sheet.

The small tailwheel cut into the grass strip’s soft mud like a pizza cutter, leading to dreaded consequences.

If I’m being honest with myself, at least half of my planned aircraft modifications are wholly unnecessary for the kind of flying I do. From STOL kits to big tires to better propellers, these are all fairly expensive mods, and the money could just as easily be spent on prudent things, like mortgage payments and […]

You can take your stock airplane into a lot of out-of-the-way places depending on what that mount may be. Take a Cessna 172, for example. With a modest 180-hp Lycoming O-360 engine up front and lightly loaded, you can land a Skyhawk in an amazing array of places. However, you’ll be able to go into […]