RTE - IFR PAOR ALTEW BIG RIVOR FAI PAFA

WX - PAFA 122007Z 18201KT 4SM -SN SCT210 -14/-17 A2909
RMKS – CHTR SVC 2 PASSENGERS / 800 LBS CARGO. DST 202 NM, LDG RATE -95 FPM. BLK FUEL 270 LBS.

Departed Northway carrying a couple of passengers and their cargo enroute to Fairbanks.  Snowy arrival.

RTE - IFR CYXY JB DB YXQ PAOR
WX - PAOR 112004Z 33101KT 56SM SKC -23/-27 A2953
RMKS - CHTR SVC 2 PASSENGERS / 800 LBS CARGO. DST 256 NM, LDG RATE -185 FPM. BLK FUEL 396 LBS.

Departed Whitehorse with 2 passengers, their baggage, and mail delivery to Northway. Positioning Aero Commander in Fairbanks for follow on work.  Great flying weather, caught a glimpse of the Northern Lights enroute.

AW837 AC68 20251210 PFF000 103


RTE - IFR PAJN HNS ARIUS YXY CYXY
WX - CYZW 102105Z 18001KT 15SM FEW98 -21/-23 A2971
RMKS - CHTR SVC 6 PASSENGERS / 400 LBS CARGO. DST 152 NM, LDG RATE -100 FPM. BLK FUEL 222 LBS.

Departed Juneau with a USGS Team destined to Whitehorse.  Team will be investigating surrounding area of the recent 7.0 earthquake vic of Whitehorse and Yakatat.

Hopped a ride back up to Bethel and left the Beaver tied down on the ramp. Grabbed some fresh coffee and briefed the flight home to Anchorage. We'd be departing before 0500 local in the dark. We had some moonlight, but thankfully no forecasted icing along the route. We were repositioning the MU-2 back to PANC for use by Life Flight. The flight was uneventful, and we enjoyed good weather the entire way. Finished it off with a smooth visual approach to runway 33 at PANC. Flown on Vatsim and had some other traffic around the airport to make it interesting.

Dep/Dest: PABE-PANAC
Route: DCT AKGAS AMOTT4
Aircraft: MU2
Total Time: 01:35


Getting her warmed up for the flight back to Anchorage. Very dark this morning in Bethel.


Taxiing out past some old Do328s on the other ramp.


So long Bethel, we're outta here.


Starting to see signs of civilization again after the long hop over the wilderness.


Anchorage in sight. Lining up for the visual to 33.

RTE - IFR PAWG FIV SAXRY PAJN
WX - PAJN 52300Z 09301KT 4SM -RA BKN8 FEW35 15/7 A2991
RMKS - CHTR SVC 1 PASSENGER / 40 LBS CARGO. DST 125 NM, LDG RATE -250 FPM. BLK FUEL 144 LBS.

Departed Petersburg returning Doctor and his baggage to Juneau following Medical Visit to the Petersburg Area.

RTE - IFR PAJN OKVAW PAPG

WX - PAPG 42217Z 33301KT 2SM OVC7 SCT12 15/7 A2991
RMKS - CHTR SVC 1 PASSENGER / 30 LBS CARGO. DST 107 NM, LDG RATE -`95 FPM. BLK FUEL 180 LBS.

Departed Juneau with Doctor onboard with his bags making rounds in Petersburg.  Rainy departure out of Juneau, close call with a mountain top, disappearing into th clouds as the aircraft neared it.  Executed an immediate reversal of course to avoid collision and regain bearings while continuing to climb out.  Low visibility approach into Peterburg.  Very tough landing!

RTE - IFR PAWG FIV SAXRY PAJN

WX - PAJN 32305Z 05301KT 4SM -RA BKN21 OVC83 5/4 A2994
RMKS - CHTR SVC 2 PASSENGERS / 50 LBS CARGO. DST 134 NM, LDG RATE -93 FPM. BLK FUEL 144 LBS.

Departed Wrangell on a charter to Juneau embark two passengers and their cargo.  Rainy departure out Wrangell.  Uneventful flight, low ceiling throughout flight.

RTE - PAKW LVD PAWG
WX - PAWG 22043Z 08301KT 4SM BKN20 OVC35 6/5 A3024
RMKS - CHTR SVC 1 PASSENGER / 30 LBS CARGO. DST 77 NM, LDG RATE -114 FPM. BLK FUEL 84 LBS.

Departed Klawock with a passenger, baggage, and some outboard mail, flew to Wrangell.  Decent flying weather today.

RTE - IFR PAJN AFE SQM PAKW

WX - PAKW 12056Z 33401KT 1SM -RA OVC10 10/8 A2994
RMKS - CHTR SVC 2 PASSENGERS / 60 LBS CARGO. DST 180 NM, LDG RATE -97 FPM. BLK FUEL 312 LBS.

Depart Juneau on Charter Service, 2 passengers and 60 lbs cargo.  Low ceiling made for a harrowing departure out of the Juneau Valley, dodging hill and mountain tops as the Beaver climbed to crusing alttude of 6KFT.  Arrival not much better, not a great day for Alaskan flying, gotta love it...

Checked in at ops for weather briefing. It wasn't pretty, but manageable for life in the bush. Ceilings were between 700ft and 500ft with snow and ice along the entire route. The destination was showing low ceilings, but for the most part was in the clear. We had a narrow window to get there, and it was going to be challenging punching through the weather enroute. As the weather has been so bad lately, the survey team had concluded their mission early and left for home on a different flight. As we would be repositioning back to Anchorage, I offered to run people and parcels out of PAKI. Will do the same out of PANA back to PABE in a few days.

Dep/Dest: PAKI-PANA
Route: VFR
Aircraft: C208
Total Time: 0:59


Just one of those days


Temp below 0C, winds out of the north over 15kts, blowing snow, icing conditions, 500ft ceiling, and a partridge in a pear tree.


600ft was as high as we could get. Ended up going back down to 500ft


De-icing boots getting some exercise today


Had to get through one last blob before breaking into some better weather at the destination