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Speaking from my experience in Alaska, it's impressive how people have adapted the use of aircraft to accommodate the nonexistent or often unusable road infrast
by asteli 9y ago
Speaking from my experience in Alaska, it's impressive how people have adapted the use of aircraft to accommodate the nonexistent or often unusable road infrastructure.
I remember traveling by rail and passing a long row of houses with small aircraft and bushplanes parked outside, with a cleared grassy strip to one side to act as a runway.
- whatshisface 9y agoDifficulty aside, that sounds like it would be a cool way to live. How were they employed?
- barsonme 9y agoI can't speak for the guy you replied to, but I've had family and friends who live up there and there's a lot of seasonal outdoors stuff. For example, run a snowmobile business in the winter. Work as a mechanic on big rigs (aka get paid to sit around until something breaks). In rural areas (at least around here) it's not uncommon to work 4 on, 4 off (or similar) shifts which makes stuff like that a lot easier. My cousins (one of whom lived in North Pole, AK) do something kinda similar: they have their houses in the "city" where their job is, but their "other" homes out on their 30+ acres of property in the woods > 1 hour outside of town. They don't fly in, but it's kinda the same concept. I also know of at least one rancher in eastern Washington whose daughter flies her plane to school in the morning.
- seanmcdirmid 9y agoMy memories of Alaska were small lakes filled with floatplanes as parking lots. My great uncle and aunt also has a cabin that we could reach only by boat...this was in the anchorage area.