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What a fantastic bird, as much as I love classic all original Pacers, that's a beautifully done and functional build. The story of doing outreach hit home though. When I was stationed up there we lost far too many to self harm.

So much wisdom in this interview. I’ve listened to it 3 times and continue to learn. Thank you!

A great interview. I guided for Pinnell & Talifson years ago, Kodiak and Brooks Range. I had the pleasure of knowing Clark Engels and Warren Cots. Flying in terrible weather was normal for us. Those were the best times of my life. The years have flown by much too fast.

I just watched this for the 2nd time now and have to say how great these videos are, keep doing what you are doing! so much to learn from guys like Steve , Kirk Ellis , Matt Keller etc etc. just the carb heat example alone is worth passing on and its something I have no discussed with a few of my fellow Pilot friends and after they all agreed with Steve's opinion on the topic and said they will start doing what he teaches. If I had that discussion with one guy just a week earlier it would have prevented a close call he had with carb heat that was blocked and actually choked out the engine at anything above an idle, it got left on during a go around resulting in the engine quitting as soon as he pushed the throttle in . luckily they landed safely and all was well in the end, but if they did steves method it wouldn't have happened.

This is the most epic interview I have ever listened to! Ron keeps the laughter rolling, and just when you think you've regained yourself, he adds another layer and ya lose it again. What a life. I aspire to experience a tenth of what he's experienced. I'm not afraid to wreck my plane Ron!!

Great advice and insight for safer flying. Thanks, keep the videos coming. Guess I better order some good seat covers from you 😊

I could listen to him talk for hours

I agree. But your belly pod helps with speed also. Are you getting 90 with out the belly pod?

Thank you , another fantastic and very interesting interview, Cheers from Canada

Nice. When are you going to publish your interview with Chris Palmer (aka "Angleofattack")?

Oh man....they should teach this still. This kind of knowledge dies with these pilots.

Great interview!!

Enjoyed every minute larry.

This system was invented in the 30s.... It was used by the luftwaffe in reverse for aiming bombers at London

NELSON WALKER BOMER PILOT WAR WAR 2 HE WAS BUSH PILOT UP IN ALASKA AFTER THE WAR

Keep working the angle of interviewing these amazingly experienced folks!!! Super work. I think it will sell SC seats for you!

Larry is a legend out here! Great guy

Curious what Larry thinks about gust locks and what to do about aileron/rudder during those crazy winds

In a turn, within a canyon, you are unable to see a horizon because it is not there. Of course if you are inadvertently climbing, you will be losing airspeed and your altimeter will be increasing. I always referenced an electronic artificial horizon I installed as "insurance" to assure me I was actually descending. I always planned to unload the wings in the turn which means I planned to descend a little in the turn- this would decrease the tendency to stall. I also made sure I was coordinated in the turn. It is said if the wings aren't producing lift, they can't stall.... The cub can make a 180 degree turn with a very small radius if the wing loading, attitude, airspeed and bank angle are optimized. I practiced in a canyon that I knew I could turn around in-and one other thing- you have to always consider cross winds in a canyon. You don't want to turn downwind but rather into the wind- this decreases the ground track (radius). And of course in a strange canyon, you always want to fly down the canyon, not up, so you are not forced to make an emergency 180!

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most amazing one yet. Life lessons right there!

I love your videos. It would be so cool to have video of these guys actually flying in and out of these strips that they are talking about. It's one thing to watch STOL competitions but watching these guys do their thing would be amazing (and far more applicable for those of us who want to fly the backcountry).

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Iam 82 and learned to fly the back country of Idaho . I love this . Please keep it up.

Bethel resident here company I worked for at the time wired that hanger

One of the most enjoyable interviews that I have had the opportunity to listen to in a long time. Remarkable gentleman with the wisdom that can't be saved for others to follow. What a shame we have to learn from personal experience what this person has learned and accomplished during his wonderful lifetime of events.

Boy I wish I was flying with this guy when he was younger the experience this guy has is priceless😅

Loved this video! Can’t wait for more. Have to say though, if you’d been in a skywagon, you could’ve brought a generator and an espresso machine. But then, I can’t land there. You guys are great! Keep cranking it out!

HF in a Super Cub?!!? Wow. Oceanic jets use HF to communicate to land.

He has forgotten more than 95% of pilots today will Ever know.......

I flew Beavers for Ron Hayes at Alaska Rainbow Lodge from 2001 through 2018 when he sold the lodge. Continued on at the lodge another 5 years. Ron is the real deal. We are good friends to this day. I got the job by showing up and having a fly off between me and another pilot. Ron flew ith us both, then had me fly the other guy to King Salmon!

It scares me to think this type of knowledge will be lost one day.

Love the scenery. Love the coffee experience. Conversation was really awkward. I certainly hope that was sarcastic otherwise I feel kind of bad for the guest passenger.

He’s still sharp lol “ wait this was supposed to be about the airplane wreck…” “🤚🏻it’s comin.”

Sometimes the algorithm blesses me. I was ready to give up after coming across the lady who cleans historic grave stones with harsh chemical-laden pink foam while wearing her hair in annoying space buns I watch YT because I enjoy learning about people who are different than me. This is one of the most interesting videos I’ve come across on here

We went boating out into the Bering and went to the Diamedes islands, well we decided to go look at Big Diomede, the Russian one, and when we came around it there was a Russian Coast Guard ship. We were totally ignored.

The great bush pilot Ron Hayes Polar bear hunting guide

In 1970 I worked with the State of Alaska in geology and stayed with the Ellis' (along with a large crew). Bill Ellis (Kirk's father) got an emergency call requiring him to fire up the supercub. He knew I was watching him get ready to takeoff, so while walking to the parked cub he weaved and bobbed (like he was intoxicated)- he jumped in and did a perfect takeoff. Kirk flew my son and I into the mountains a couple of times for unguided sheep hunts. What a blast!

One thing not discussed-but has killed many high time cub pilots- are 360/720 LOW altitude turns eyeballing a moose/sheep/naked woman. Use discipline and use a figure of 8 pattern rather than low altitude 360 degree turns. That way your eyes and brain are focused on the turn/attitude/energy and your fly by will be stabilized with a margin of safety avoiding your wake turbulence and low airspeed Great discussion filled with logic.

I've had a low opinion of Ron Hayes for 53 years; but of course I forgive him now. On Sept 9, 1971 I flew my Aeronca Champ w/ 85 hp continental down to the Gerstle River. I intended to go sheep hunting, solo. I wasn't very experienced and only 20 y.o. I saw sheep on the adjacent mountains, so I looked for a place to land. I saw a flat gravel bar and could see the vague outline of airplane tracks, so I lined up and attempted to land. I overshot the end of the gravel bar and ended up below the landing surface in small alders and big rocks and boulders. I luckily had landed upstream or otherwise I would have gone into the river! I wasn't sure what I was going to do because even with full power the airplane wouldn't move an inch in the bigger boulders and rocks. Ron Hayes flew over me, turned and landed and he walked down to where I was standing by my plane. "What are you doing here?" I explained I was going sheep hunting but overshot the runway. He told me it was a private strip- but I told him I knew this was public land and not private (a gravel bar along the side of the Gerstle River). He said it was his strip and to not use it. Then he said if I leave the plane there, tied down, I might find sugar in my fuel tank. I told him I would shoot anybody who put sugar in my fuel. The last thing Ron said was "Tie your plane down real good because 70 mph winds come up during the night!". He turned and walked off, got in his plane and left me there stranded with my plane in the bushes below the strip. Ron's supercub had a green "greenhouse" over the cockpit and I was in awe of his plane. I managed to get my plane back up on the gravel bar by rolling rocks out of the way, cutting brush with a small saw, and using the power of the empennage as a long lever with lots of muscle. I gradually walked it up the slope back onto the gravel bar taking several hours. I rested a bit, and flew back home to Phillips Field in Fairbanks glad to be able to get out of there. But I always felt Ron Hayes should have helped me get out of my pickle but I did feel pretty proud that I figured it out myself. I no longer hold a grudge against Ron Hayes!

Which Bern helmet is that?

Williwa. A local downslope wind best identified by a texture on the water known as “black water”, or by blowing snow. From Wikipedia: “In meteorology, a williwaw (archaic spelling williwau[1]) is a sudden blast of wind descending from a mountainous coast to the sea. The word is of unknown origin, but was earliest used by British seamen in the 19th century. The usage appears for winds found in the Strait of Magellan, the Aleutian Islands and the coastal fjords of the Alaskan Panhandle, where the terms outflow wind and squamish wind are also used for the same phenomenon. On Greenland the word piteraq is used.” “The williwaw results from the descent of cold, dense air from coastal mountains in high latitudes. Thus the williwaw is considered a type of katabatic wind.”

Good Lord these are so damn good!!

Yup, Mr. Affraid of heights <--- is back for another badass podcast!

Fukushima water is doing a number on Alaska it's horrible....

Good video, nothing like beautiful scenery and strong coffee...

sounds like paradise hard work but worth it!

Steve is great!! Always love flying with him, always learn something.

Great interview and content, i love to hunt and have been in Hunting in Alaska several times and when you can reach out to a Owner Guide Named Sam Fiejies Names Fejes Guide Services LTD from Cordova Alaska, he’s flown me into some interesting paces to hunt Moose and Mountain Goats, you would get a great interview with over 35 years of home as a guide outfitter flying his Super cubs and Beavers. We landed on a glacier with my wife and it was a Beautiful experience. Keep up the great content and mush success with your seat cove business. I have been a helicopter pilot for 24 years and got my fixed wing 4 years ago and decided to but a carbon Cub and love to fly it. Thanks Maurice Cayon

The career this dude had is the ultimate adventure... good uninterupted interview , thanks, plus he had to please high end clients...