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08-03-2016, 07:49 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2014
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Legal?
As George Carlin famously said "If a man speaks in the forest and his wife is not there to hear it, is he still wrong"
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Restoring 1967 Ford pickup - no amount
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08-03-2016, 09:13 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
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Finally reached Arctic Ocean shores. It was a lot of work. Three times I tried to blast through Brooks Range via Atigun Pass and three times had to turn around and wait out at Chandalar Shelf 5CD. Heavy snow. The pass is very tight for 180 turn. A heli gave me some PIREP and I sneaked through.
Polar bears at a whale bone pile. Barter Island. Check.
The best hotel in oil town. Proudhoe Bay. Check.

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08-04-2016, 08:06 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
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one ship journey
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08-04-2016, 10:15 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Acton, MA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Vlad
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Looks like a good beach to land on 
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08-04-2016, 11:34 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Prescott, AZ
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LEFT turn and Siberia is not far. Just for nostalgia?
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08-04-2016, 12:19 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Ottawa, ON
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Quote:
Originally Posted by flightlogic
LEFT turn and Siberia is not far. Just for nostalgia?
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Might be a one way ticket for Vlad.
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08-04-2016, 02:50 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Alabama
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That is impressive!
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Originally Posted by Vlad
Finally reached Arctic Ocean shores. It was a lot of work. Three times I tried to blast through Brooks Range via Atigun Pass and three times had to turn around and wait out at Chandalar Shelf 5CD. Heavy snow. The pass is very tight for 180 turn. A heli gave me some PIREP and I sneaked through.
Polar bears at a whale bone pile. Barter Island. Check.
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I had played around with Google maps to see how far north in Alaska some could fly with an RV, then wondered if anyone had balls big enough to try it. Now we know now that there is one Russian that does. That is impressive! Congratulations!
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08-04-2016, 02:52 PM
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Locust Grove, GA
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Yes, hat's off to Vlad. We tried multiple times to get to the North Shore but had to turn back, primarily due to smoke. Did make it across the Arctic Circle, though.
Vic
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08-04-2016, 02:59 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Prescott, AZ
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I took a Luscombe there once... from Phoenix. But I was younger and could not afford an RV. Wait... there were no RV's. Might have to try again.
Good on you... Vlad!
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08-04-2016, 03:25 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: 08A
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My buddy John Hauck made it to Barrow in a Kolb Mark III.
http://www.kolbaircraft.com/johnhauck2.htm
Gotta brag on John just a little. He spent his first tour in Nam doing quiet little hikes in the jungle with native teams, most of which were not quite in Nam. Then he went back for a second tour as a Cobra pilot. If anybody tries to tell you there were no Special Forces gunship pilots, tell 'em they are wrong.
We were not worried when John left for the Arctic (three times) in a fat ultralight. If he went down, he would just eat moss and bears, and walk out.
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Barrett IO-390
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