A Life Of Adventure - Doing What You Love And Getting Paid For It Does This Sound Interesting To You? Maybe If Youre Thinking About A Career Change You Should Think About Heading To Alaska To Be A Float Plane Pilot Or A Bush Pilot.At The Very Least Its An Excellent Summer Vacation Idea If You Cant Manage The Career Change Right Now. These Pilots Live Lives That Most Of Us Will Only Dream Of. Think Of It This Way If You Have To Justify The Change To Your Significant Other: When Its Really Hot And Humid Where You Live During The Summer You Are Pretty Much Guaranteed Relief From The Heat In The Form Of Lower Temperatures If Youre In Alaska! That Should Definitely Get You To At Least The Ill Think About It Stage With Them (if Youre Lucky).Fast Forward To What Your Life Would Be Like In The Winter. Imagine The Adrenaline Rush Of Flying Over A Glacier And Then Landing On An Icy Lake With Skis On Your Plane. No Brakes Hereall Youve Got Is Your Wits And Some Luck!Are You Looking For Some More Subtle Adventure? You Could Fly Charter Flights The Rest Of The Year Into The Wilderness And Drop People Off For A Day Of Fishing, Hiking, Nature-watching Or The Like And Then Head Back At The End Of The Day To Pick Them Up And Take Them Back To Civilization. Talk About The Ideal Job For A Pilot!There Are Thousands Of Lakes In Alaska That You Can Land On, Or If You Prefer You Can Put Your Tundra Tires To Work And Find A Flat Spot To Land In The Wilderness. Bust Out The Claw And Leave Your Plane To Go Do Some Exploring Of Your Own! The Cool Thing About This Particular Tiedown Is That Its Not Only Super-portable But The More Your Plane Pulls On It The Deeper It Pulls Into The Ground, Keeping It Safe From Those Renegade Tornadoes That Keep Threatening To Swoop Your Little Investment Away!There Is Some Sort Of Fancy Mathematical Equation For How The Claw Works, And If You Want To Work It Out You Can Go Right Ahead. For The Rest Of Us, Trust Me, This Contraption Is Very Cool. Its Easy To Take With You Because It Breaks Down And Even Has Its Own Storage Bag.However, There Are Always Two Sides To Every Storyliving In Alaska Means That You Probably Arent Going To See Most Of Your Family As Often As Youd Like (or If Its The In-laws That Might Not Be Such A Bad Thing, Right?) And Every Day In Your Plane Isnt Necessarily Going To Be Idyllic.If You Have A Job Flying You Are Going To Have To Be Out In All Sorts Of Weather; Much Of It As Far From Ideal Conditions As You Can Imagine. Youll Have To Have A Lot Of Training And Experience As Well As The Guts To Keep Going When You Know That You Really Shouldnt. Not To Mention That When You Turn A Hobby Into A Job You Run The Risk Of Losing The Excitement And Reward That You Get Out Of It.If You Still Are Interested At This Point And I Havent Dissuaded You Then Probably You Are Going To Make A Go Of It By Hook Or By Crook. Good For You!Things That You Will Need For Your Trip:1. Plane2. Maps3. Tiedown4. Willing Victim To Tag Along5. Warm Clothes6. Camera7. Floats (weather-permitting)8. Skis (weather-permitting)9. A Guide Who Knows Where The Best Places Are To Check OutOverall, The Idea Of Spending Time In Alaska With Your Family, (or Just Alone With Your Plane If Youre That Type Of Person) Can Be A Reality For Most Anybody. All It Takes Is Some Research, A Little Bit Of Planning, And Before You Know It Youre Off On An Adventure That Will Be Well Worth Writing Home About!
