Mountain Flying News

The Mountain Flying Bible Expanded has been replaced with the new Mountain Flying Bible Revised (June 2005). The new book includes updated information and 16 pages of color photos operating at backcountry strips. See Mountain Flying Bible Revised.

The new Cobalt Aviation is open at the Pitt Meadows Airport (CYPK) at Pitt Meadows, British Columbia. The airport is located 19-nautical miles east-northeast of Vancouver International Airport (CYVR) along the Fraser River. It is 345º and 26 nautical miles from Bellingham International Airport (Washington).

Pitt Meadows offers the perfect location for primary and advanced flight instruction, aerobatic training, tail dragger operations and mountain flying (with the mountains beginning 10-nautical miles north of the airport).

Cobalt Aviation has a hangar and office located on the Pitt Meadows Airport at:

604 - 11715 Baynes Road
Pitt Meadows, B.C. V3Y 2V1
Phone 604-465-3988
Fax 604-465-1668 or 800-878-9781

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Alejandro Echeverria provides some fantastic photos of the Sierra of Monterrey, Mexico, mountains.

The new "Taildragger Tactics" book has arrived. "If you ain't a taildragger pilot, you ain't *#@%." Flying a taildragger requires knowledge and skill. The knowledge is imparted in this book. The skill is something that must be developed in the airplane. The book contains operations and techniques for flying conventional-gear airplanes. It is loaded with information, facts and plain English explanations.

Idaho Primitive Area: New photos of landings and techniques at some of the Idaho Primitive Area strips: "Cabin Creek" "Soldier Bar" "Wilson Bar"