The weekend of May 14th I attempted a trip to Wien Lake on wheels with my friend Gunner, but we were turned back by weather. The following weekend I attempted a flight to Bettles and Takahula Lake and was once again turned back by low clouds, rain and IFR conditions.
Through rain and low clouds in the upper Yukon Valley I did manage to land in Beaver for a brief moment to stretch my legs. A few days later we received the sad news that Clifford Adams of Beaver, a well known and respected subsistence guide was lost in a boating accident on the Yukon River.
A day after, two other fine men, Buzz Otis and Sam Brice were tragically lost in an accident involving Brice's Arctic Tern N57AT. There had been three Arctic Tern Aircraft in the Interior of Alaska: a second Tern is owned by Vickie Domke and mine is the third. This has been a sad month in the Interior.
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| Gunner executes a coordinated turn |
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| Virga and rain |
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| On the runway in Beaver |
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| Rain in the upper Yukon |
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| Lone Mountain: an old friend |
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| Doping the wind on a lake |
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| The Yukon River in full flood |
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| Route to Bettles blocked by cloud and rain |
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